Three East Baton Rouge Parish men have been indicted in the killing of a Louisiana state representative’s grandson .

D’Shawn Brown, 22, died in a hail of bullets after he was shot multiple times in a McDonald’s parking lot Jan. 20. Brown is the grandson of state Rep C. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge police arrested a trio of suspects in connection to the shooting in the ensuing days.

A special grand jury indicted the three men on May 23, 19th Judicial District Court records show. Melvin James Robinson Jr., 33, was the first of the defendants to be nabbed Jan. 31. He was indicted with second-degree murder, simple arson and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors allege he set a vehicle tied to the shooting on fire to conceal evidence in the case one day after the slaying.

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