A 19-year-old man wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in a Harvey neighborhood has been arrested and booked with first-degree murder.

Justin Smith Jr. was extradited to Jefferson Parish on June 4 after he was taken into custody in Tangipahoa Parish, according to Sgt. Brandon Veal, a spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

Detectives had obtained a warrant for Smith's arrest in the April 23 death of Christian Burgau.

Smith is the second suspect arrested in the investigation. Co-defendant Desmin Chaisson, 19, was arrested May 6 and booked on the same charge.

Burgau, of Harvey, was shot and killed in the 1100 block of St. Michael Street in Harvey. Neighbors who discovered Burgau's body in a garden in front of a residence said the gunfire made it sound like warz

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