The jury reaches a judgment for fatal double shots on the west bank | Crime/police

Jefferson Parish Jurors submitted a judgment on Tuesday in a murder trial in the West Bank with a well -known “Trap House” with a fatal story of double slates, the authorities said.

Curtis Thomas III, 33, was found to be guilty about murder's second degree, tried a second degree Murder and was a convicted criminal with a weapon after a two -day court proceedings, according to court files.

Thomas was charged with the death of 50-year-old Charle McGeee Sr., who was accused of shoting him and another man when he opened fire in a house in the 600 block of the Emile Avenue near Westwego on February 13, 2022.

The dilapidated, one-story brick house-in of the neighborhood as a place used by dealers to sell drugs became a crime scene a year later when Thomas' father, Curtis Thomas Jr., 51, and the owner of the house, Linda Turner, 68, was shot and killed.

Lights out

The investigators of the Sheriff of Jefferson Parish Sheriff said that Turner allowed the illegal activity in their residence, and Curtis Thomas Jr., known as “Big Curt”, was one of the dealers who trained from their home.

In the night in 2022, when Mc -Geeke was killed, “Big Curt”, Curtis Thomas III, known as “Little Curt”, and Turner was all in the house, according to court files. McGee arrived shortly after 9 p.m., about the same time as a 30-year-old man who, according to the authorities, bought Marijuana.

The only light in the living room that night was a light bulb in a fixture that was attached to a counter and was precarious to an outlet with an extension cable, the authorities said. The slightest touch of the cable would switch off the light.

The 30-year-old man and Curtis Thomas Jr. informed the investigators that the light went out and, according to the authorities, broke out in the living room in the living room.

When the blub was activated again, McWeee had been shot in the stomach, the 30-year-old had been shot in his arms, and according to the authorities, Thomas held a weapon in his arm.

McGeee was taken to a hospital in which he was declared dead. Curtis Thomas Jr. drove the other victim to the West Jefferson Medical Center to treat himself.

Curtis Thomas III was taken into custody outside of the residence. He was arrested with a stolen weapon associated with the shootings by ballistic tests, the authorities said.

The jury found him guilty of how he was charged on Tuesday after about four hours of advice, the court files announced.

Double murder

Murder detectives returned to Turner's house on January 17, 2023 when she and “Big Curt” Thomas were fatally shot there.

The shooter was Gerald Barker, 37, another dealer who often stayed in Turner's house and also sold drugs from the residence, the authorities said.

The motif was jealous after detective.

Barker admitted that he was jealous of Curtis Thomas Jr. and the amount of money that earned the sale of narcotics. When Thomas arrived that night, Barker inexplicably pulled out a gun and shot both of them, according to the authorities.

Barker was charged on December 4 for murdered second degree, disability of the judiciary, drugs and weapons. He was convicted of life in prison.

Curtis Thomas III. Is now the same punishment, the mandatory prison sentence for murder in Louisiana. It should be convicted on August 21.