Nineteen-year-old Leroy Simms III was killed by gunfire in Hammond, Louisiana, on the night of July 31, 2017. Deputies from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office found Simms on Bruce Allen Lane with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say illegal drug activity appears to have been a motive. They identified 38-year-old Stephen Antonio Brown as the primary suspect; Brown turned himself in on August 7. Detectives later named two additional suspects, 22-year-old Edward Earl Marshall III and 22-year-old Deandre Wheeler, and allege both were uncooperative and tried to tamper with and hide physical evidence.

Warrants were issued for Marshall and Wheeler on charges of accessory to second-degree murder and principal to second-degree murder. Authorities warned the public that people interviewed seemed to know more but were afraid to speak up and asked for help locating the two wanted men, who were described as potentially armed and often under the influence of controlled dangerous substances.