The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reports that, this afternoon (May 3, 2025), K-9 Thor took 32-year-old murder suspect Willie Elzy Wells, Jr. into custody at a residence in the Village of Tangipahoa. Wells, Jr. was wanted on one count each of 1st Degree Murder, Armed Robbery and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday (April 5, 2025) morning, a shooting was reported at a home in the 26000 block of Mount Hennan Cut Road in the Kentwood area. Antonio Famularo, age 42 and a resident of the home, was found dead on the scene.
Detectives determined the incident stemmed from a drug-related dispute and that Wells was the suspect in the case. Deputies had been actively trying to locate Wells and he was the source of a manhunt on April 17, 2025 around the Tangipahoa River Bridge in the Kentwood area.
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