WAGGAMAN, La. -- Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said a victim's dying words captured on a cell phone led to the arrests of two teenagers for the murder of two other young people at a West Bank playground.
Normand said one of the victims named the suspects in the ambulance on the way to the hospital before he died on the night of the shooting, which happened Sunday in the 500 block of Dandelion Drive in Waggaman.
Normand recognized the deputy’s quick work in the case.
“Deputy Patton had the wherewithal to utilize his cellphone and the video recorder on that cell phone to take the dying declaration. I wanted to point that out, the good thinking and good police work.”
Deputies arrested 18-year-old Frankie Hookfin and 16-year-old Samuel Ridgley. They're both accused of first-degree murder and attempted murder.
Deputies say a feud between the two teenagers and the victims led to the shooting.
The victims were identified Monday as 17-year-old Kendrich Stewart and 15-year-old Lynnard Collins.
