JaKerion Daletarious Calome was an 18-year-old senior and standout football player at Homer High School when he was found with a gunshot wound to the head the night of June 22, 2023, at a friend’s house in the 200 block of West Third Street in Homer, Louisiana. Friends first called his family, who transported him by private vehicle to Homer Hospital; he was later airlifted to Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport and died in the early hours of June 23, 2023. An autopsy was ordered in Little Rock, Arkansas, to determine whether the wound was self-inflicted or a homicide, and the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office took over the investigation from the Homer Police Department due to a potential conflict of interest.

On July 6, 2023, five people were arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice: one adult, 18-year-old Kenshawn Carter of Homer, and four juveniles. The juveniles were granted bond of $1,000 each on July 11, 2023, and released with restrictions; Carter, as an adult, was held separately. As of September 2023 the sheriff’s department said the investigation was ongoing and the final autopsy results had not been released. Does anyone have verifiable information about the autopsy findings or about the resolution of the obstruction charges?