The Slidell Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting at a local car dealership. The suspect in that case is now in custody.
According to Chief Randy Fandal, the shooting happened Friday afternoon after two employees at Hyundai of Slidell had been in an argument. That argument, Fandal says, started in a garage and moved to an outdoor area. Fandal says one of the men involved in the fight, Brian Taylor, grabbed a gun and shot the other employee. The victim later died.
Taylor ran from the scene. According to a Slidell Police Department spokesman, officers caught Taylor around 9 p.m. Friday. The spokesman did not say what charges Taylor will be facing.
Fandal said he had no information about the victim.
A full update on the case is expected to come sometime Saturday.
Update: 09-17-22 8:30am:
St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston has identified the man killed in Slidell yesterday as Zakary Stewart.
Stewart, 22, had recently moved to Slidell from Alabama and had no fixed local address. He was staying with friends on West End Boulevard in Slidell. An autopsy will be conducted Monday or Tuesday, after which Preston will rule on cause and manner of death. Preliminary findings suggest Stewart died of a gunshot wound in an apparent homicide.