On February 27, 2024, 38-year-old Kelly Patterson was found near Silver Lily Lane and Fourth Street in Marrero with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The afternoon shooting was part of a double shooting; a second person with multiple gunshot wounds later arrived at a nearby hospital and investigators linked the two incidents.

The surviving shooting victim became a person of interest and was later arrested and booked on a charge of manslaughter in connection with Patterson’s death. Authorities have not publicly detailed a motive or the exact sequence of events that led to the fatal shooting, and the case is now proceeding through the judicial system.

If anyone witnessed the events near Silver Lily Lane and Fourth Street that afternoon or has information about Kelly Patterson’s death, please come forward to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.