The suspect in a Friday homicide in St. Tammany Parish is in jail after he led authorities on a chase into Mississippi.
Jared Schurr, 36, of Mandeville, is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found at a construction site on Bertel Street near the Covington Country Club.
According to a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Schurr engaged authorities in a chase that began near Bogalusa and anded in Pearl River Country, Mississippi. Schurr remains in the Pearl River County Jail as he awaits transport back to Louisiana.
The death of the victim, whose identity has not been released, remains under investigation.
