An Independence Day gathering on the night of July 4, 2025, at a home on Dave Miller Road in Geismar, Louisiana, ended with 18-year-old Justin Scott shot multiple times. Ascension Parish deputies arrived about 10 p.m.; Scott was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.

The shooting began after an argument between Scott and 17-year-old Jadon Sterling of Gonzales, and both were struck by gunfire. Sterling survived with non-life-threatening injuries and was later arrested after his hospital release and charged with second-degree murder, illegal use of weapons and illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile. A second person, 20-year-old Jeremiah Brown of St. Gabriel, was identified as the alleged getaway driver; he turned himself in and faces charges as a principal to second-degree murder and principal to illegal use of weapons. The investigation remains ongoing.

Are there witnesses from that neighborhood or anyone who attended the gathering who can add details about what led to the argument?