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Second person arrested in connection with Byron Street shooting after man was dragged and shot
BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested on Thursday in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old along Byron Street.
According to jail records, Daeveione Talbert was arrested on first-degree murder charges following the fatal Oct. 10 shooting of 29-year-old Jaymirus Stewart.
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According to arrest records, Stewart was allegedly attempting to sell what is believed to be a firearm to another person in a car along Byron Street when shots were fired from inside the vehicle, striking Stewart. The driver of the car drove away, with Stewart still hanging out of the window.
Stewart then fell to the ground and tried to get away, but collapsed near a home along the street.
Darren Cooks, 28, was previously arrested in connection with the shooting after leading U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force agents on a brief vehicle pursuit before hiding in a home on Fairwoods Drive.
Detectives later located the suspect vehicle in a backyard along Sycamore Street before towing it and storing it at the Baton Rouge Police evidence storage shed.
According to arrest records, witnesses told detectives that they allegedly saw Cooks and Talbert with a firearm before and after the incident. Detectives believe that Talbert was in the rear seat of the vehicle when shots were fired from the back of the vehicle.
He was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for first-degree murder.
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