Larry Boudreaux Jr., a 38-year-old Black man from New Orleans, was a devoted father of three whose youngest child was only two months old when his life was taken. His father, Larry Boudreaux Sr., remembered his son’s smile and dimples that were so deep “it looked like it hurt him to laugh.” After working for many years at the Sewerage and Water Board, Boudreaux was about to begin a new career as a truck driver.
In the early morning of January 6, 2024, an altercation at a gas
station in the Plum Orchard neighborhood escalated into a vehicle pursuit. Around 1:30 a.m., New Orleans Police Department officers were called to the 4200 block of Dale Street, where they found Boudreaux unresponsive inside a car that had crashed. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office later confirmed his cause of death was from gunshot wounds.
The initial investigation led police to arrest Tymonae J. Kelley, a woman from California, on January 9, 2024, on a warrant for second-degree murder. As the case progressed, however, Kelley pleaded guilty to lesser charges of obstruction of justice and being an accessory after the fact. She received a seven-year prison sentence for her role.
Investigators identified two other men as the primary suspects: Taurus Chad Curtis Hale and Keilon Washington. Both were charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, with Washington facing an additional charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The case took an unusual turn in late 2025 when Hale was mistakenly released from a Baton Rouge jail due to a clerical error and remained free for nearly a month before he was returned to custody.
Following a trial, an Orleans Parish jury found both men guilty as charged on June 16, 2026. Hale was convicted of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. Washington was convicted of second-degree murder, obstruction of justice, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
“My son’s life mattered,” Larry Boudreaux Sr. said after the verdicts. “Nothing will bring Larry back, and there is not a day that goes by that we do not feel that loss. But today, I am grateful that the people responsible have been held accountable.” As of the convictions in June 2026, the case is considered solved.
