On Friday, March 4, 2022, at about 5:15 p.m. in Lake Providence, Louisiana, 41-year-old Monique Jackson was shot and killed following an altercation at a Harding Street residence. Jackson, an African American woman, died after a dispute with 41-year-old Albert James of Lake Providence, who allegedly shot her during the confrontation.

The East Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office responded and asked the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations to take the lead on the homicide probe. Albert James was arrested and booked into the Riverbend Detention Center on a charge of second-degree murder. The investigation remains active as authorities work to determine the full circumstances of the fatal encounter.

If anyone has information about what happened on Harding Street that afternoon, please share what you know.