In the quiet community of Westwego, Louisiana, the life of 19-year-old Freddie Carter, a male, was tragically cut short on the evening of Thursday, January 26, 2017. His body was discovered in the courtyard of an apartment complex on Beechgrove Boulevard, the victim of a fatal shooting. The violent end to a young life sent ripples of concern through the neighborhood as the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office launched a homicide investigation.
Within days, a suspect was identified:
16-year-old Razaq Adekunle. In a somewhat surprising turn of events, Adekunle surrendered to authorities after seeing his name and photograph circulated in news reports as the person wanted in connection with Carter's death. Following his surrender, he was formally charged and booked with one count of second-degree murder.
The narrative of this case, however, does not follow a straightforward path to resolution. Years after the initial arrest, the suspect, Razaq Adekunle, was once again in the news. In May 2020, the New Orleans Police Department identified him as a suspect in a separate and shocking crime – a double homicide in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. This later development indicates that Adekunle was not incarcerated for the murder of Freddie Carter at that time.
Despite the initial arrest and the serious charge leveled against Adekunle in the death of Freddie Carter, the specific judicial outcome of the 2017 second-degree murder charge remains unclear from available online sources. There is no readily accessible information detailing whether the charges were later dropped, if the case went to trial and resulted in an acquittal, or if there was another legal disposition. The motive for the shooting that ended Freddie Carter's life also remains publicly unknown.
