A confrontation over a prior dispute ended in gunfire in Iowa, Louisiana, leaving 22-year-old Tyrinn A. Leday dead. On the morning of Thursday, March 27, 2025, Leday and another person went to the area of South Bowers Avenue and West 1st Street to address that earlier altercation. According to reports, Jordan M. James, 20, came out of his home and opened fire; Leday was struck multiple times and was later found deceased in a nearby ditch while the companion escaped without injury.

Law enforcement was called around 10 a.m., and the Iowa Police Department requested assistance from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. Officers later located James at a South Lambert Avenue residence about 10:30 p.m. the same evening and took him into custody without incident. He was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on counts including second-degree murder, obstruction of justice, illegal use of a weapon during a crime of violence, and aggravated assault with a firearm; bond had not been set in initial reports.

If anyone knew Tyrinn Leday or has information about what led to the March 27 confrontation, please come forward to investigators.