2 more suspects arrested in connection with November fatal beating, shooting; total of 5 arrested
Feb 05, 2026
BATON ROUGE mdash; Two more arrests have been made in connection with the November 2025 death of Darrell McBride along Lorraine Street, the Baton Rouge Police Department said Thursday.nbsp;According to BRPD, 39-year-old Eric Byrd and 44-year-old James Williams were both arrested and booked into the
East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on second-degree murder charges on Wednesday.nbsp;Byrd was apprehended by the Gretna Police Department and extradited to Baton Rouge, while Williams wasapprehended in Baton Rouge by the U.S. Marshalrsquo;s Fugitive Task Force.Police said that Byrd has an extensive drug arrest history, while James has a history of domestic abuse battery, second-degree battery, simple battery and illegal carrying of weapons.nbsp;Byrd and James are the fourth and fifth arrests connected to the death of 37-year-old McBride, who was found fatally beaten and shot in an ambush by ten men. Damien Drake, Raydrick Sterling and Christopher Andrews were previously arrested in connection with McBride's death.Permalink| Comments
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