A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated for just over an hour Wednesday evening before convicting a man accused in the cold-blooded killing of a Kenner convenience store clerk during an armed
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Lamonte Loggins, 30, was charged with murdering Abd El Ghader Sylla, 30, at a Shell gas station, in 2020. A jury reached a guilty verdict on Wednesday.
One of the two men accused of killing a Kenner convenience store clerk during a hold-up has been extradited to Kenner from Tennessee.Â
Eric Rodgers, 29, was booked Monday into the Kenner jail on charges of second-degree murder and armed robbery, said Lt. Michael Cunningham, a spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.Â
Eric Rodgers, 29, was booked with second-degree murder and armed robbery. Photo from Kenner Police Department
Rodgers brother and alleged accomplice, Lamonte Loggins, 29, remained at the Shelby County Jail in Memphis, Tenn., where the pair was arrested by authorities in early December.Â
Rodgers and Loggins are accused in the shooting death of Abd El Ghader Sylla, 30, a married father. Sylla was picking up an extra shift a Shell station and convenience store at 3501 Williams Blvd. on the night of Nov. 30 when authorities said the two men entered and robbed the store.Â