The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office has booked two men it says were involved in a March 1 fatal shooting in the Slidell area.
According to investigators, Lamar Hargett brought the victim, Lamar Henry, to a Bay St. Louis, Mississippi hospital on March 1. Henry had multiple gunshot wounds and was dead on arrival.
The sheriff's office says Hargett claimed Henry had been shot in an incident in Gulfport. On March 5, Gulfport Police contacted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office when their investigation led them to the Northshore.
"While working jointly with Gulfport Police Department, St. Tammany detectives discovered Henry had accompanied Hargett to a residence in the 4200 block of Ash Drive in Slidell during the early morning hours of March 1 with the intent of robbing Trequan Rollins," the sheriff's office said. "When Rollins observed the men parked near his residence, the men attempted to flee but Rollins followed them. As the two vehicles proceeded through Slidell, gunfire was exchanged, and Henry was fatally struck."
Authorities arrested Hargett in Mississippi on March 12, and transferred him to St. Tammany Parish Jail the following day.
Deputies booked Rollins March 12 in St. Tammany on unrelated charges. He was re-booked today on the murder charge.
