KENNER, La. – A man wanted for a double murder in Maryland was taken into custody after a SWAT team surrounded a home in Jefferson Parish Tuesday morning.
Sheriff Joe Lopinto said the U.S. Marshals tracked the suspect to a home in the 300 block of Fillmore Street near River Ridge. The JPSO SWAT team was requested, and deputies surrounded the home.
Lopinto said that the suspect was taken into custody without incident. The New Orleans Advocate later identified the man as 37-year-old Tavon Powell. He is now in U.S. Marshal custody in New Orleans.
Eyewitness News viewers in the area reported seeing a large police presence, tactical operation vehicles and a helicopter circling overhead near Fillmore Street and Jefferson Highway.
According to the New Orleans Advocate report, investigators believe Powell shot a man and woman in Dundalk, Maryland on Aug. 27. Powell was wanted on two counts of murder and is suspected of specifically targeting the two victims.
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