On a Saturday afternoon, December 16, 2017, Brandon Collins, a 28-year-old male, was at the House of Style barbershop on Maplewood Drive in Baton Rouge with his two children. He stepped outside to the parking lot to take a phone call. While he was standing next to his car, two men approached him and shot him multiple times before fleeing the scene on foot. Emergency services responded to the scene around 5:26 p.m.
and transported Collins to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
After battling his injuries for several weeks, Brandon Collins passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The investigation into the shooting, which authorities believe to be drug-related, led them to identify a suspect. Witnesses reported that the assailants attempted to flee in a maroon Chevrolet Malibu that was parked nearby, but they were unable to start the vehicle and instead fled on foot. One of the men was described as wearing a red jacket and red pants.
In March 2018, the Louisiana State Police Task Force arrested 24-year-old Dominic Blunt in connection with the fatal shooting. Authorities located a red jacket and a gun inside Blunt's car. He was subsequently booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of certain felonies. The investigation was reported to be ongoing.
