Keaughn Willis. East Baon Rouge Sheriff’s Workplace.
The dual brother of a person accused of kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend was killed by police over the weekend after he allegedly pointed a gun at cops who’d proven up at his door looking for his sibling.
Baton Rouge police mentioned that the pregnant lady’s kinfolk had alerted them concerning the alleged kidnapping, and so they had been searching for Deaughn Willis’ twin brother, 25-year-old Keaughn, once they confirmed up on the residence advanced round 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The search shortly took a tragic flip.
In a press release Sunday, Louisiana State Police mentioned that in response to a preliminary investigation, Baton Rouge law enforcement officials and East Baton Rouge Parish deputies “encountered” Deaughn Willis whereas on the residence, alleging that he “brandished a firearm at responding regulation enforcement.”
A deputy responded by capturing Willis, who was pronounced lifeless on the scene by the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Workplace, the assertion mentioned.
Hours after fatally capturing his brother, police arrested and booked Keaughn Willis into the East Baton Rouge Parish jail at roughly 3:45 a.m. on Sunday.
When reached for touch upon Monday, Trooper First Class Taylor Scrantz informed The Each day Beast in an e-mail that the company had no additional info on this case.
Sources informed The Advocate that earlier than capturing Willis, regulation enforcement had knocked on the door and recognized themselves. Deaughn Willis answered the door and pointed a gun by means of the opening, they mentioned.
Willis had beforehand been arrested on home violence fees, together with for 2 incidents in December 2017. He was issued a bench warrant final yr after failing to look for a listening to however that was all unrelated to the cops showing at his residence on Saturday, the sources mentioned.
In response to an arrest report obtained by The Advocate, cops had been as a substitute searching for Willis’ twin brother who had allegedly gotten right into a struggle along with his girlfriend earlier on Saturday morning. Police mentioned that throughout the dispute Keaughn Willis “grabbed her with each his palms and forcefully pulled her inside his automobile.”
Willis allegedly informed the lady that he was taking her to Oklahoma and refused to let her get out of the automobile, in response to the report, which particulars Willis pulling her hair, taking her cellphone and utilizing demeaning language earlier than parking his automobile and allegedly attempting to rape her.
Police mentioned that the lady finally managed to bust a window on the passenger’s aspect of the automobile and fled.
When Willis returned to the residence hours later, he was arrested on allegations of third-degree rape, sexual battery, easy kidnapping, and home abuse battery of a pregnant sufferer.
The arrest was not the primary time Willis has been taken into custody over allegations of home violence. In June 2021, he was arrested for allegedly beating a pregnant lady and kicking her within the abdomen, in response to courtroom data reviewed by The Advocate. Police mentioned Willlis despatched threatening messages to his sufferer and posted on Fb that he was going to kill her. He posted $10,000 bond after he was arrested in that case on a number of fees together with home abuse battery and youngster endangerment.
Willis was additionally arrested years earlier, when officers responding to a home dispute in September 2017 mentioned they witnessed Willis threatening a sufferer with a metallic pipe. The sufferer mentioned Willis had taken her cash and repeatedly hit her earlier than grabbing her throat and choking her.
Keaughn Willis “took a handgun out of his pants and forcibly put it into her pants,” the sufferer informed officers who arrived on the scene, in response to The Advocate.
Louisiana State Police mentioned its detectives would “proceed to overview all proof and facets of the incident to make sure a whole and thorough investigation.”
Upon completion, the company’s findings will likely be handed over to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Lawyer’s Workplace, they mentioned.