2nd suspect booked with murder in shooting death at Avondale baseball field

Authorities arrested an Avondale man accused of taking part in a shooting death at a baseball field in Avondale last year and threatening a witness in the case.

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Koby Dillon, 24, was booked Monday (March 25) with second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and intimidation of a witness, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

He was booked in connection with the July 12 shooting death of Chad Payne, 47, of Westwego. Deputies discovered Payne’s about 9 p.m. lying on a walkway at Kennedy Heights Playground near Prairie View Court and Travis Drive in Avondale.

Payne was pronounced dead at the scene with gunshot wounds to his head and body, according to the Jefferson Parish coroner’s office.

Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Christian Collins Jr., 26, of Avondale, on Nov. 18 and booked him with second-degree murder in Payne’s killing. He had not been formally charged as of Tuesday.

The Sheriff’s Office declined to comment about the case and did not provide any details about the person Dillon is accused of threatening.

Dillon has faces accusations of witness tampering, before. In 2014, he pleaded guilty to two counts of intimidation of a witness for threatening two men who had seen Cornell Butler fatally shoot Durrell DeArmas, 32, in Avondale on April 18, 2012.

Butler was convicted of threatening the same two witnesses. During Butler’s murder trial, authorities played recorded calls he made from jail asking his associates to threaten the witnesses.

Judge Ellen Kovach of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Butler to a total of 80 years for the intimidation counts and life in prison for the murder. Dillon was sentenced to a total of 10 years for threatening the witnesses, according to court records.

No details were available about when he was released from prison, but Dillon was also been booked with parole violation. He was being held without bond Tuesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.

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Koby Dillon, 24, was booked with second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and intimidation of a witness in the shooting death of Chad Payne. (JPSO/)