GoFundMe launched to cover funeral expenses for beloved Elvis tribute artist
Jason Baglio killing arrests update By Mykal Vincent | May 11, 2021 at 10:14 AM CDT - Updated May 11 at 10:14 AM
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - Shilah Baglio, the daughter of Jason Baglio, who performed as an Elvis tribute artist under the name âJayson Alfano,â has started a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses.
âWe are trying to raise money to lay our Elvis to rest. Anything helps. Everything is welcome. We thank everyone for all the prayers, this is hard, but together we can be okay,â she says.
Baglio was shot multiple times and killed around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriffâs Office.
By Sarah Tate
May 11, 2021
New Orleans police have taken two men into custody for their roles in the fatal shooting of a well-known
Elvis impersonator over the weekend,
WWL reports.
On Saturday (May 8), deputies from the Livingston Parish Sheriff s Office responded to Homestead Drive around 3:30 a.m. after receiving reports of shots fired. When they arrived, they found
Jason Baglio with several gunshot wounds. Baglio, who performed as the king of rock and roll in Denham Springs under the name Jayson Alfano, died from his injuries.
Authorities said that 28-year-old
Trace Pigott fled the crime scene before deputies arrived, but he was found later in New Orleans and arrested by local police. His father, 53-year-old