Marcus Poole, a 37-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on St. Claude Court in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans on the evening of Sunday, March 12, 2023. The shooting added to the neighborhood’s ongoing struggle with gun violence and prompted an immediate homicide investigation by the New Orleans Police Department.

Investigators identified 38-year-old Tyson Williams as a suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest. After weeks at large, Williams was located by the NOPD’s Violent Offenders Warrant Squad working with U.S. Marshals and was arrested at an apartment in St. Bernard Parish. He was booked into the Orleans Justice Center and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Poole’s death.

Anyone who knew Marcus Poole or who has information about the shooting is urged to come forward.