Atanacio Guerrero, 40, was shot and killed during a visit to a home on Elaine Street in the Bayou L’Ourse community on a Sunday afternoon. Guerrero had arrived with a mutual friend to meet with Joseph Gilchrist Sr.; witnesses say the meeting turned violent when Gilchrist reportedly produced a firearm, questioned Guerrero about an undisclosed matter, and multiple shots were fired, killing Guerrero inside the residence.

Deputies from the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office found the scene and later took Joseph Gilchrist Sr. into custody at his home in connection with the shooting. The investigation into motive and the exact sequence of events leading to the fatal encounter is ongoing.

Did anyone in the Bayou L’Ourse area see Guerrero, Gilchrist, or the mutual friend that afternoon or know what the dispute may have been about?