Church Point police arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with an Oct. 13 fatal shooting, the department said.
Jason Hopkins Jr. of Church Point was booked into Acadia Parish Jail on counts of possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, simple burglary and obstruction of justice, police said.
Officers responded about 8 p.m. Oct. 13 to a shooting in the 200 block of South Broadway Street, police said. The victim had been taken to a hospital in a private vehicle before officers arrived. The victim died of a single gunshot wound, police said.
Investigators identified Hopkins as the suspected shooter, police said. A warrant issued Oct. 14 listed charges of first-degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm and obstruction of justice.
