In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 16, 2025, 48-year-old Michael K. Smith of New Orleans was found in the parking lot of the Creekside Apartment Complex on Virgil Street in Gretna, Louisiana, lying face up with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Gretna Police Department says the killing followed an altercation between Smith and a stranger, 56-year-old Mark Haynes, who allegedly shot Smith after an argument.

Authorities identified Haynes as a person of interest, described him as armed and dangerous, and later arrested him. He was charged with second-degree murder and weapons violations. The ethnicity of Michael K. Smith has not been disclosed.

Does anyone have information about the encounter at the Creekside Apartment Complex that could help investigators?