On the morning of June 22, 2025, officers responding to a report of a man down in the 5600 block of Morrison Road in New Orleans East found 43-year-old Ashley Aples fatally shot. Aples was a Jefferson Parish corrections officer, not on duty at the time, and is remembered by his family as a devoted father of three, a beloved uncle, and someone who loved music and helping others.

Homicide detectives initially sought two persons of interest. Investigators later identified the male person of interest as 20-year-old Jerroy Johnson after matching surveillance footage with data from an ankle monitor he was wearing. Johnson was arrested June 26, 2025, in Slidell and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated battery, and a weapons offense. Authorities say the female originally sought has been cleared as a person of interest.

The case raised questions about electronic-monitoring oversight. Johnson had been out on an ankle bracelet as a condition of release on prior armed robbery charges, and an arrest warrant linking him to a June 1 shooting on Morrison Road had been issued June 3, before Aples was killed. The police department said it would reassess partnerships with monitoring services to improve accountability and information sharing.

Did anyone in the Morrison Road area see or hear anything that night that might help investigators?