8/15/2021- 3:53 p.m.
Shawn Luke Chiasson is the man wanted for the murder of Lindsey Williams.
She was fatally shot this weekend in her Marrero home was slain by her ex-boyfriend, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said Sunday (Aug. 15), and detectives are asking the public’s help in locating the suspect.
Williams was identified as the victim shot in the chest Saturday shortly before 9 a.m. inside a home in the 1100 block of Gaudet Drive.
Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office said the agency’s homicide detectives “quickly identified Chiasson as the person responsible for the murder,” but did not detail the evidence of his guilt.
Investigators said Chiasson was identified as the ex-boyfriend of Williams and said he has “ties” to the West Bank of Jefferson Parish.
Chiasson was described as 5-foot-7 and weighing 130 pounds, and authorities said he should be considered armed and dangerous.