The conviction of a Lake Charles man who fatally shot a homeless man in 2021 will stand.
Steven Dwayne Rigmaiden was found guilty of second-degree murder by an unanimous jury in June 2023 for shooting Ezekiel Joubert on June 19, 2021, from his car near Albert and Elder streets. Joubert’s body was later discovered on the side of the road.
Lake Charles Police Det. Russell Mixon, who responded to three 911 calls about gunshots heard in the area, testified that he stopped his vehicle just short of the intersection that night because a bag was sitting in the middle of Albert Street. He then exited his vehicle and observed individuals on the side of the road pointing toward the intersection. He said he would later find Joubert “motionless, unresponsive and in a fixed position.”…