Third suspect arrested in fatal Mardi Gras shooting

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a Mardi Gras parade earlier this month in Jeanerette.

Kentrell Gabriel, 20, of Henkle Street in Jeanerette, was arrested at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday on an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office warrant on the charges of principal to second-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office news release stated.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s narcotics detectives assisted the U.S. Marshals Service in apprehending fugitive suspect Gabriel. Gabriel was located at a home in Ashton and taken into custody without incident. Gabriel was transported to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center for booking. No bail is set.

The arrest stems from the Feb. 4 fatal shooting Dante Archangel, 22, that occurred at a Mardi Gras Parade in Jeanerette, according to an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office news release. Another man was also injured in the shooting.

Investigators with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office had previously made another arrest in the case.

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office located Thaddeus Gabriel, 22, of Baldwin, on Feb. 8 in connection with the shooting and arrested him on the Iberia Parish warrant charging him with principal to second-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder.

Dandre Gabriel, 24, who was wanted on charges of second-degree murder and attempted murder, turned himself in Feb. 9.