Monroe police arrest suspect in July Parkview Apartments homicide investigation
The News-Star (Monroe)
2/3/2021
Ashley Mott, Monroe News-Star
A Monroe man is facing one count of second-degree murder connected with a July 2020 shooting at Parkview Apartments, police said.
According to a Monroe Police Department statement, officers were investigating a vehicle theft when they contacted Bobby Ray Thompson III, 41, in the 3000 block of Church Street.
During their investigation, officers discovered Thompson was a suspect in the homicide investigation.
On July 13, officers responding to a shooting at Parkview Apartments and located the body of Demetric Collins in the breezeway of Building 1.
The arrest warrant states Collins was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds, and various narcotics were located on the ground near his body.