Christopher Houston, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of September 27, 2025, in Springhill, Louisiana, after a street argument in the city’s south end escalated into gunfire. Police were dispatched after multiple 911 calls about shots fired on 3rd Street around 5 p.m. and found Houston already dead and another person at the scene who was armed and had blood on him but was not injured.

Investigators described a close-range struggle that began as a fight between the two men. Police reported Houston produced a firearm during the altercation, and the other individual wrested the gun away and fired, leaving Houston mortally wounded. The case was treated as a criminal matter from the outset: Curby Nelson was booked that night into Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on a manslaughter charge, with bond reported at $250,000; a later local report identified him as Curby Santel Nelson, 46, of the 1100 block of 6th St. SW in Springhill, arrested September 27 on a manslaughter warrant.

Springhill’s police chief noted this was only the fourth homicide in the town over the prior 16 years. Does anyone have information about the events on 3rd Street that evening or knew either man involved?