A longstanding neighbor feud in Harvey, Louisiana ended with the death of 57-year-old Garland Webber on November 11, 2019. According to reports, Webber was unarmed when his next-door neighbor, 67-year-old Lawrence Sly, shot him six times outside their homes on Chinkapin Street, including two shots to the head.

Jefferson Parish deputies had been called to the pair’s residences multiple times since at least 2015 over threats, harassment, and assaults. In 2017 Webber pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for pointing a shotgun at Sly, and a 2018 altercation left both men injured though no charges followed. Sly told investigators he thought Webber was reaching for a gun while he was taking out the trash, but investigators concluded Webber was not armed; Sly later admitted he fired after Webber had fallen.

Sly was initially booked on manslaughter; a grand jury later indicted him on second-degree murder, and a jury returned a guilty verdict in June 2022. Did anyone in the neighborhood notice how the animosity between these two escalated before it turned deadly?