On the evening of Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 19-year-old Jaken James Roussel was shot and killed inside an apartment in the 700 block of Bayou Gardens Boulevard in Houma, Louisiana. Deputies from the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office responding to reports of multiple gunshots found Roussel with apparent gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An 18-year-old woman was also shot and sustained critical injuries; she was flown to an out-of-area hospital for treatment.The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Detectives opened an immediate investigation.

Within days three suspects were identified and arrested: 27-year-old Kendell Michael Gale of Vacherie, 19-year-old Nicholas Anthony Chopin of Geismar, and 18-year-old Joshua Joseph Domino of Vacherie. Gale and Chopin were taken into Terrebonne Parish custody without bond; Domino surrendered in Dallas, Texas, and authorities initiated extradition proceedings.

All three face charges of First-Degree Murder and Attempted First-Degree Murder.What details about that evening or about the victims’ movements leading up to the shooting could help the investigation?