A dispute in Gretna, Louisiana, on the evening of March 1, 2025, ended with 36-year-old Joshua D’Angelo Carter shot and later dying at University Hospital. Officers first responded to a disturbance in the 2100 block of Stafford Street; while they were on scene a second 911 call reported a shooting and that the suspect remained present. Carter was found on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his chest and was treated by EMS before being transported to the hospital where he succumbed to the injury.

Carter was a husband and father of three, a Gretna resident originally from Avondale, worked as a forklift driver, and was a member of the STR8 Wildin Bike Club. A 58-year-old man, Scott Fredericks, was arrested at the scene in possession of a firearm and booked on one count of second-degree murder. The investigation into what led to the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the disturbance or the shooting on Stafford Street that night, please share what was seen or heard with the Gretna Police Department.