Paul Wright

In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, January 20, 2013, a roadside argument in north Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violently escalated, ending the life of 33-year-old Paul Wright. The fatal confrontation unfolded around 4 a.m. on the 4600 block of Hooper Road, a thoroughfare that cuts through a mix of residential areas and local businesses. That morning, a dispute broke out among a group of people gathered in the roadway, shattering the quiet of the neighborhood.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the argument culminated in gunfire. Paul Wright, a resident of Greendale Drive, was shot during the altercation. When law enforcement and emergency medical services arrived at the scene, they found Paul with critical injuries. He was pronounced dead at the location, his life cut short in a moment of sudden violence. In the year his death occurred, East Baton Rouge Parish would record a total of 79 homicides, a stark statistic reflecting a persistent struggle with violent crime in the community.

Little has been shared publicly about the man Paul Wright was. No obituary or public remembrances have surfaced to offer a glimpse into his life—his family, his work, his passions, or the memories he created with those who loved him. His death, like so many others, is primarily documented through the cold, hard facts of the police investigation that followed, leaving a void where a personal story should be.

The Baton Rouge Police Department's Homicide Division took charge of the investigation. Detectives began the meticulous process of interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence from the crime scene to piece together the sequence of events that led to Paul’s death. Their work quickly led them to identify two individuals believed to be involved in the fatal dispute.

Less than two weeks later, on Friday, February 1, 2013, the investigation culminated in arrests. The Baton Rouge Police Department announced that they had taken 40-year-old Denise Jenkins and 20-year-old Calvin Lattimer into custody for their alleged roles in Paul Wright’s murder. Jenkins was booked on a charge of second-degree murder, while Lattimer was charged with principal to second-degree murder.

Following the arrests, the case was handed over to the justice system, and the legal process for Jenkins and Lattimer was set to begin. However, the path to resolution from this point forward becomes unclear. In the years that have passed since the arrests, no further information has been made public regarding the disposition of the charges against either suspect. News outlets have not reported on a trial, a plea agreement, or a final verdict, leaving the outcome of the criminal case unknown.

As of late 2026, more than a decade after Paul Wright was killed, the final chapter of his case remains unwritten in the public record. While authorities acted swiftly to identify and charge suspects, the ultimate resolution and whether justice was served for Paul remain unanswered questions. The specific details of the argument that led to his death have never been released by investigators, leaving his loved ones and the community without a full understanding of the tragedy that transpired on Hooper Road that winter morning.