ST. ROSE – On Jan. 11 deputies of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to 644 Mockingbird Lane in St. Rose at approximately 10:30 p.m. in regard to a subject being shot.
Upon arrival at the address, officers discovered a gold-colored Toyota Camry in the driveway with numerous bullet holes and an unresponsive black male subject in the driver’s seat.
The victim, Michael McCray of 736 Mockingbird Lane, was the driver of the vehicle. McCray sustained multiple gun shot wounds and was transported to St. Charles
Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The passenger of the vehicle, Leslie Reed, sustained no injuries during the incident.
Deputies learned that McCray and Reed were sitting in the vehicle parked at 644 Mockingbird Lane when three unknown black males approached the vehicle clad in all black clothing. One of the subjects produced a handgun and fired several rounds at the vehicle. McCray put the vehicle in reverse in an attempt to flee but sustained several gun shots wounds before getting away. The three unknown subjects fled the scene on foot.
Reed, who admitted to smoking marijuana inside the vehicle, was arrested for possession of marijuana and transported to the Nelson Coleman Correctional Center.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Jody Fahrig with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office at 985-783-1135 or 985-783-6807, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-877-903-STOP. Citizens do not have to give their name or testify.