One suspect in a 2018 mass shooting that left three dead is now charged in the shooting investigation according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Seven other people were injured in the shooting that happened on July 28, 2018, in the 3400 block of South Claiborne Avenue.
Jamal Smith, 32, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
An NOPD report says, “Around 8:35 p.m. surveillance video revealed two perpetrators, one armed with an assault rifle, and the second armed with two handguns, firing upon one of the deceased victims as he attempted to flee the location. The victim ran toward a crowd of bystanders while the two gunmen continued to pursue him, firing indiscriminately into the crowd.”
Police say the gunmen’s intended Jeremiah Lee, 28, and two bystanders were killed in the shooting.
A Crimestoppers tip led detectives to Smith as one of the gunmen.
Smith is currently being held in Jefferson Parish jail where he is being held on a federal weapons charge, and drug and weapons charges in Jefferson Parish.





