Antoine Brumfield, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot on the morning of November 26, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Rocheblave Street, where responding officers found Brumfield suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The New Orleans Police Department quickly launched a homicide investigation.
Within days, investigators identified two suspects and obtained arrest warrants for 19-year-old Dyrtrell Mcewen and 23-year-old Tyrone Myles on charges of second-degree murder.
Tyrone Myles was later arrested and, on April 4, 2019, indicted for the second-degree murder of Antoine Brumfield. Following a two-day trial, a jury found Myles guilty as charged by a non-unanimous verdict of ten to two. Consequently, the district court sentenced him to life in prison at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
However, Myles appealed his conviction, and in a significant turn of events, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit, vacated his conviction and sentence in April 2020. The appellate court's decision was based on the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in *Ramos v. Louisiana*, which held that jury verdicts in state felony trials must be unanimous. As Myles's case was pending on direct review when the Supreme Court's decision was made, the ruling was applied to his case, leading to the reversal of his conviction. The case was then remanded back to the district court for further proceedings, including the possibility of a new trial. Information regarding the outcome of a potential retrial for Tyrone Myles is not publicly available.
The status of the second suspect, Dyrtrell Mcewen, remains unclear from available online sources. While an arrest warrant was issued for him in connection with Brumfield's murder, there is no accessible information detailing his apprehension, trial, or the ultimate disposition of the charges against him.
