On October 5, 2024, around 2:50 AM, 28-year-old Demonquerius Colbert was found inside his vehicle at the intersection of Kennedy and Johnson Streets in Mansfield, Louisiana, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to DeSoto Regional Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation. A little over an hour after the shooting, deputies from the sheriff’s special investigative unit stopped a vehicle and arrested 20-year-old Vincent Lapatrick Jackson. Jackson was booked into the DeSoto Detention Center and faces a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Colbert’s death. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting that night or has information about events near Kennedy and Johnson Streets around 2:50 AM on October 5, please share what is known.