A Mardi Gras parade in Jeanerette, Louisiana, ended in gunfire on February 4, 2018, when 22-year-old Dante Archangel was fatally shot during the Krewe of Ezana’s procession. The shooting followed a physical altercation; another person was wounded and survived. The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office opened an immediate investigation.

Dante was born in Lafayette and raised in Jeanerette. He was a father of two, engaged to Bianca George, and remembered by family as a young man with a heart of gold. In the days after the shooting investigators identified three suspects: Thaddeus Gabriel, 22, of Baldwin; Dandre Gabriel, 24, of Jeanerette; and Kentrell Gabriel, 20, of Jeanerette.

Thaddeus Gabriel was arrested February 8 and charged as principal to second-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder. Dandre Gabriel turned himself in February 9 and faced charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Kentrell Gabriel was located later in February at a residence in Ashton and taken into custody; he was charged as principal to second-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder.

If anyone who attended the Krewe of Ezana parade or knew Dante remembers additional details, please share what you know.