Two Men Arrested for Carjacking and Drive-By Shootings in Amite

Two young men face felony charges after a multi-agency investigation linked them to violent robberies across Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes.

Kendall Jackson III, 19, and Elijah Fisher, 18, were arrested on Thursday evening, November 12, following a public tip that led Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies to Fisher’s home in Amite. Deputies took both suspects into custody without incident around 8 p.m., recovering a vehicle stolen earlier that same morning.

The investigation intensified early Thursday when deputies responded to a reported carjacking on Bankston Road in Amite. A man and a woman told investigators that four males entered their yard, pointed weapons at them, demanded cash and car keys, and fled in the victims’ vehicle. Neither victim sustained injuries.

Jackson Faces Multiple Charges Following Robbery and Carjacking

Detectives identified Jackson as a suspect in the Bankston Road robbery later Thursday evening. Investigators also linked both Jackson and Fisher to an earlier carjacking in Amite on November 3, which similarly resulted in no injuries.

Two Men Arrested for Carjacking and Drive-By Shootings in Amite

At the time of his arrest, Jackson was on parole for previous domestic violence and weapons convictions. He was placed into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail facing a count of armed robbery, two counts of carjacking, a count of criminal street gangs and patterns prohibited, and two counts of resisting an officer stemming from outstanding warrants in an October incident.

Fisher was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on one count of carjacking connected to the November 3 incident, one count of armed robbery, and one count of criminal street gangs and patterns prohibited. Tangipahoa Parish investigators said that at least two additional suspects involved in the Thursday Bankston Road carjacking remain at large.

St. Helena Parish Drive-By Shootings

The St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office subsequently confirmed that Jackson and Fisher additionally face scrutiny as suspects in a pair of separate Sawmill Road drive-by shootings that resulted in two wounded victims, following the arrests in Tangipahoa Parish.

According to St. Helena Parish Sheriff Clay Chutz, detectives were first dispatched to Sawmill Road on Sunday, November 8, where one person suffered gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting. Detectives returned to Sawmill Road for another drive-by shooting on Wednesday, November 11—three days later—which left an additional person injured.

Working together through a collaborative effort of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Louisiana Department of Parole, Louisiana State Police, and the Hammond Police Department Street Crimes Unit, investigators connected Jackson and Fisher to both shootings, as Sheriff Chutz confirmed to WBRZ.

In St. Helena Parish, Jackson and Fisher each face one count of attempted second-degree murder and one count of assault by drive-by shooting, with additional charges pending.

Tangipahoa Parish investigators continue working to identify and locate the remaining two suspects from the Thursday carjacking. Anyone with information is urged to contact the TPSO Criminal Investigations Division at 985-902-2088. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa at 1-800-554-5245 or online via the Tangipahoa Crime Stoppers website.