[StBernard] Sheriff: Men booked for Violet murder

[Westley Annis]

Sheriff: Men booked for Violet murder

Posted on December 19, 2013 at 8:01 PM
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ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- Two Violet men have been booked in connection
with the murder of a man on October 11, according to the St. Bernard Parish
Sheriff's Office.

Keith Thompson, 23, and his cousin, Eugene Domino, 21, were booked with
second-degree murder in the death of Joseph "Blue" Cosse, said sheriff's
office spokesman Steve Cannizaro.
Thompson was already in custody in the St. Bernard Parish Prison on other
charges since Oct. 15.

A judge Thursday set a $500,000 bond for Domino and Thompson will have bond
set Friday on the murder charge.
Thompson "was already jailed on charges of a convicted felon in illegal
possession of firearms - a shotgun and handgun found in his house in the
3200 block of Daniel Drive - with possession with intent to distribute about
17 grams of crack worth nearly $1,700, possession of a firearms in
connection with a controlled, dangerous substance and as a probation
violator," said a statement from the sheriff's office.

Thompson and Domino were identified as suspects early on after Cosse was
shot to death while riding a bicycle in Violet, according to the sheriff's
office. Cosse collapsed and died in the front lawn of a house on Tara Drive.

The murder of Cosse was a possible retaliation for another killing. The
sheriff's office said in a statement, "Cosse's death came just three nights
after another man, Truy Jones, 19, was shot multiple times in the 3100 block
of Daniel Drive on Oct. 8. The next day, Gregory Reddick, 18, who had
recently moved to St. Bernard, was arrested for Jones' killing and remains
jailed.

"Sheriff Jimmie Pohlmann said it was believed Cosse was killed partially in
retaliation for the Jones murder because Cosse and Reddick knew each other.
Thompson and Domino were associates of Jones."

Cosse's murder was the fourth murder of the year in St. Bernard Parish and
arrests have been made in each crime, said the sheriff's office.