A Metairie man shot and killed Friday night during a car chase was pursuing the shooter’s vehicle, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office incident report.
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Deputies who responded to the 2600 block of the North Interstate 10 Service Road about 10:47 p.m. found Jesus Fructuoso, 35, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head as sat behind the wheel of a crashed Toyota Corolla, according to authorities.
Two uninjured women who had been in the car with Fructuoso at the time of the shooting told investigators the three of them were at a residence in Fat City when they learned of an “altercation” nearby, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
Investigators have not disclosed the nature of the “altercation,” or “disturbance,” as Sheriff Joseph Lopinto called it.
But the women reported seeing five men get into a vehicle and drive south on Division Street, the report said. Fructuoso and the women got into the Corolla and followed the men, though it’s not clear why they gave chase.
The woman overheard gunshots that they said came from the other vehicle during the pursuit, according to the report. As the chase reached the I-10 Service Road, the women heard a single gunshot, and a bullet hit Fructuoso. His car crashed and skidded off the roadway.
Fructuoso was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives on Monday arrested Luis Martinez, 28, and booked him with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice in the case. The Sheriff’s Office has not commented on his alleged involvement.
Martinez appeared in Jefferson Parish Commissioner’s Court Wednesday where his bond was set at $550,000 for the charges related to the shooing. But he was being held without bond on two counts of being a fugitive from another jurisdiction.
Martinez returns to court June 5 for a preliminary exam.
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