On the evening of March 31, 2026, the northbound lanes of Interstate 49 near the Southern Loop exit in Stonewall, Louisiana, were the scene of a fatal shooting. Deputies from the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office found a black Nissan Sentra stopped in the median with both occupants suffering gunshot wounds. Eighteen-year-old passenger Jachristian Henderson was pronounced dead at the scene. The female driver, also a DeSoto Parish resident, was in critical but stable condition and taken to a local hospital.

Investigators briefly closed the I-49 northbound lanes at the Stonewall Ferson Road exit to process the scene. The Sheriff’s Office reported that overnight investigative efforts indicated the shooting appeared isolated to the two people in the Sentra and that there was no reason to suspect additional individuals were involved. The circumstances surrounding how the shooting occurred remain under investigation.

If anyone witnessed the vehicle on I-49 that evening or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known.