Kevin Dale Evans Jr., 40, was found dead at his home in the 3900 block of Geronimo Street in Baton Rouge on the evening of April 6, 2025. Friends became concerned when they could not reach him and went to his residence for a welfare check; officers arrived about 6:59 p.m. and determined Evans died of multiple gunshot wounds. Baton Rouge Police opened a homicide investigation.

On April 16, 2025, 19-year-old Joshua Mancusi-Ungaro was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges that included second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in connection with the shooting. Detectives later developed evidence that Mancusi-Ungaro had been aided in leaving the Baton Rouge area after the killing. On May 17, 2025, 37-year-old Hazel Mancusi-Ungaro was arrested on a warrant for accessory after the fact to second-degree murder and taken to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. On June 10, 2025, U.S. Marshals and the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested 34-year-old Paul Thomas at his workplace; he was transferred to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on June 12, 2025, on a similar accessory after the fact charge.

The investigation into the circumstances of Evans Jr.’s death remains ongoing. If anyone has information about Kevin Dale Evans Jr., his last movements, or those who may have assisted after the shooting, please come forward.