Franklinton man sentenced in 2022 fatal shooting case

FRANKLINTON, La. ( WGNO ) — A Franklinton man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a 2022 fatal shooting case on Monday, Aug. 19.

According to The Office of District Attorney Collin Sims, on Aug. 27, 2022, officers with the Bogalusa Police Department began investigating reports of an unidentified man with a gunshot wound near the intersection Atlanta Street and Virginia Avenue.

On arrival, 27-year-old Jawalski Wiley, of Franklinton, was found dead, having been shot in the head.

Officers then spoke with nearby residents and learned that minutes prior, Wiley was fighting another man. During the fight, the defendant, 22-year-old Dae’von Gay, reportedly drove up in a red Kia vehicle, got out, walked up to Wiley and shot him in the face.

Gay then got back in the vehicle and fled the scene before police arrived.

The investigation revealed that Wiley and Gay had a previous relationship.

Several weeks after police had searched and obtained an arrest warrant for Gay, an anonymous tip reported that he had fled to Houston, Texas. Following the tip, officers with the Houston Police Department found Gay at an apartment complex and arrested him. Gay was then extradited to Louisiana.

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