Daily Comet
January 7, 2014
Three men were arrested Thursday night in connection with the shooting death of a 25-year-old Chauvin woman last month, authorities said.
Charged with first-degree murder are Du’Quain Vincent, 21, of 102 Alex Lane, and Jalen Francis, 19, of 4839 Bayouside Drive, both of Chauvin, and Zacchaeus Vincent, 19, of 101 Odelia Circle, Houma, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office.
They tried to sell Elizabeth Davis, and her boyfriend, Jimmy John Scott, illegal drugs in the Smithridge area the night of Dec. 18, Sheriff’s Capt. Dawn Foret said.
Francis shot and killed Davis as she sat inside her car, Foret said. Francis also shot Scott in the hand.
Du’Quain Vincent had made arrangements for Zacchaeus Vincent and Francis to sell the couple drugs, Foret said. It was unclear whether the Vincents are related.
The couple — with Scott in the driver’s seat and Davis in the passenger seat — met Zacchaeus Vincent and Francis in Smithridge, Foret said. Francis then tried to rob them at gunpoint and fired multiple shots as they fled, Foret said.
“He (Francis) pistol-whipped me,” Scott said in an interview the day after the shootings. “He shot like eight times, and one of the bullets hit Elizabeth.”
The couple fled in a car to Marty J’s convenience store, 4994 La. 56, Chauvin, in search of help, Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said.
Davis was dead when deputies and medical personnel arrived, police said. She had been shot once in the torso.
“Her last words were ‘I got shot,’ ” Scott said. “I tried to shake her head, but she was already dead.”