FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sept. 27, 2017

FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish grand jury indicted Brandon Odell Lotts, 31, of Bogalusa, Tuesday (Sept. 26) of second degree murder, two counts of attempted second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and five counts of possession with the intent to distribute illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and Oxycodone.

Lotts is accused of shooting to death Trevante Toney, a 21-year-old man from Lumberton, Mississippi, during an incident in Bogalusa on Sept. 29, 2015. Lotts was arrested on a warrant in California on June 8 this year. Lotts also is accused of attempting to kill Thelonious Williams and Charles Jenkins during the same incident.