On the evening of Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 19-year-old Makhai Ramon Martin was shot and killed in the 2100 block of Louisiana Highway 44 in Lutcher, Louisiana. Deputies from the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office responded after a call shortly before 8:40 p.m.; a second call about another shooting victim came about ten minutes later. Martin was found with multiple gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead. A second 19-year-old male was wounded and taken to an area hospital.

Investigators found a silver Nissan Altima on the Westbank side of the Veterans Memorial Bridge with damage consistent with gunfire. Witnesses or reports say four male suspects exited that vehicle and ran on foot; searches by deputies from St. James and St. John parishes did not immediately locate them.

If anyone in Lutcher that night saw the car, the four men, or has other information about what happened, please share what is known with the Sheriff’s Office.