On the morning of March 5, 2026, 51-year-old Renina Simmons was killed at a gas station at 5831 Monroe Highway in Ball, Louisiana. The Rapides Parish Coroner’s Office reported she was pronounced dead at 11:04 a.m. from a gunshot wound. Ball police called for assistance and deputies, detectives and the Crime Scene Unit from the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office responded; the scene was on U.S. Highway 165.

Investigators quickly identified a single suspect, 39-year-old Shamond Lamar Sanders. He is described as a Black male about 5 feet 11 inches, 220 pounds and bald, and is believed to possibly be driving a dark gray 2023 Nissan Altima with Louisiana plate 990JGZ. Authorities have warned he should be considered armed and dangerous and the U.S. Marshals joined the search. Detectives say they have followed up on a few leads but none have been significant.

Simmons had a prior federal conviction in 2017 under the name Renina Letricia Wortham, receiving two years and four months for theft of government funds related to an attempted theft of a multi-million dollar U.S. Treasury check. Who in Ball or the surrounding area has information about that day or Sanders’s whereabouts?