According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, a 21 YO man was shot and killed and his father was also shot while trying to defend him during what was supposed to be a child custody visitation.
The conflict ended in bloodshed that stretched over two locations in Tangipahoa Parish yesterday.
25 YO Ajante Jackson of Hammond had arranged to have a child visitation with the mother of his children. Jackson reportedly opened fire when the mother, her two children, and 21 YO Howard Watkins of Hammond pulled up. Watkins fled with the woman and children to his father’s home on Happywoods Road with Jackson and another woman following closely behind. Once at his father’s house, Jackson and Watkins got into a fight in the driveway and Jackson shot Watkins. Watkins’ father, Howard Watkins Sr., came to his son’s defense with a knife and was also shot by Jackson.
Jackson and a woman traveling in his vehicle, identified by the sheriff’s office as 20 YO Chardonay Washington of Hammond, fled the scene and ended up at East Jefferson Hospital. Jackson was treated and transferred to University Medical Center for treatment of injuries suffered in the incidents.
Upon their release, Washington was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail and Jackson was awaiting transfer to the jail from Orleans Parish Prison.
Jackson is facing many charges, including murder.
