A Louisiana man and former Opelousas police chief’s son killed two men in an ambush. Now, he will never walk free again.
St. Landry Parish judge handed JaMarcus McLendon, son of former Opelousas Police Department Chief Martin McLendon, two life sentences with no possibility of parole for the shooting death of Nakia Ramer, 19, and Shawn Parish, 21. A jury found McLendon guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.
According to The Acadiana Advocate, during the early morning of Sept. 24, 2016, the defendant ambushed the two men and fatally shot them. Officers found their bodies in a rural St. Landry Parish road, riddled with bullets with several gunshot wounds. Meanwhile, an autopsy report later showed the victims were shot with an AK-47 rifle.
During the trial, prosecutors submitted some evidence to the court, which included cell phone content and cell record mapping, and several witnesses.
The motive for the double homicide remains unclear.
"Yes it was very hard, and just seeing him all this time that really really drives everyday and just to wonder what really happened and, how he just sat there like it was ok like nothing bothering him or anything and the way you've done them you were wrong," said Ramar’s mother, Lisa Colla,” reported KATC.
McLendon’s father had recently lost a re-election bid for a second term as the police chief in 2022. The defendant will serve both life sentences consecutively.
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