On Sunday afternoon, April 14, 2024, 39-year-old April Conley Rollins was fatally shot in the 200 block of Longleaf Drive in Broussard, Louisiana. Broussard police found Rollins with gunshot wounds around 2:40 p.m.; she was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

A suspect, 44-year-old Ronnie Simon, surrendered to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. He is being held at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center. Broussard police have asked anyone with information to come forward to assist the investigation.

Rollins lived in Youngsville and was a devoted mother to three sons, Jayce Tolivar, Jaydon Bubba Tolivar, and Maize Rollins. She worked as a Patient Care Coordinator at Professional Arts Pharmacy in Lafayette since 2017; coworkers remember her for a compassionate, uplifting spirit. The pharmacy has established a 529 Educational Savings Plan for her sons, and funeral services were held at the Progressive Church in Lafayette with Kinchen Funeral Home Inc. handling arrangements.

If anyone knew April or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.