13-year-old boy fatally shot in Tangipahoa Parish: sheriff’s office

A 13-year-old boy from Natalbany was fatally shot Wednesday night (April 17) and a 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the boy’s death, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Thursday night.

Rickey Nelson, of Independence, was booked on a manslaughter charge one day after the boy’s death. The sheriff’s office said its deputies were called about 9:40 p.m. to investigate a report of gunfire during a “large disturbance” outside a residence on McGee Road in Natalbany (map). The 13-year-old, identified in the release as Robert Stevenson, was shot in the chest and later pronounced dead at a hospital.

The investigation is ongoing and authorities believe additional arrests could be made.

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Rickey Nelson was booked with manslaughter Thursday (April 18) in connection to the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy, the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office said.