Natchitoches police responded to gunfire late on the night of November 26, 2022, in the area of Grace and Berry Avenues and found 19-year-old Rodjay Jaheim Stackhouse lying at the edge of the road with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A 20-year-old man was taken by private vehicle to Natchitoches Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Detectives collected multiple empty shell casings at the scene and ordered an autopsy in Shreveport. Because a victim was related to a Natchitoches Police Department employee, the investigation was transferred to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office.

A motive had not been established and the suspects fled. Law enforcement later executed multiple search and arrest warrants in the Bailey Heights and Fairgrounds Road areas of Natchitoches and arrested two men, identified as 20-year-old Carnelius Daniels and 47-year-old Larry D. Pye, plus three juveniles. Authorities seized numerous firearms including an AK-47, hundreds of rounds, high-capacity magazines, about 34 pounds of suspected marijuana, and suspected methamphetamine. No murder charge has been announced and the investigation remains active.

Does anyone in the Natchitoches area have information that could help explain what happened that night?