On the morning of Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 30-year-old Tremale Jenkins of Franklinton, Louisiana, was shot and killed on Mary Topps Road just north of town. Washington Parish deputies and detectives determined the shooting followed a dispute: two females were involved in a verbal and physical altercation, and a third person, a male, intervened with a firearm and shot Jenkins.

The shooter fled in a vehicle but was located shortly afterward during a traffic stop and taken into custody without further incident. Investigators recovered an AK-47 rifle after searching the property, and the suspect was charged with second-degree murder. The arrested individual is a male juvenile; his identity has not been released and he was taken to the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center in St. Tammany Parish. The matter was referred to the District Attorney for the 22nd Judicial District.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation on Mary Topps Road or has information about the events that morning, please share what is known.