Color Me There Painting

08/26/2026

08/26/2026

A 17-year-old black male is charged with m*rdering two white victims in Gonzales, Louisiana, and almost no one in the national media is talking about it.

Joseph Appiah faces two counts of first-degree m*rder in the deaths of Tegan Daigle, 17, and Jared Downey, 21.

Police responding to gunfire found both victims de*d near Downey’s home on East Caldwell Street.

Witnesses and surveillance showed a black BMW at the scene that left shortly after the shooting. Investigators say illegal drug activity played a role and have described the attack as appearing to be an ambush or robbery-style k*lling.

Appiah was also charged with criminal conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, multiple counts of aggravated as$ault with a firearm, and related fi****ms offenses.

Two additional persons of interest remain under investigation.

Two young white lives ended in a street shooting. A black juvenile is in custody on the top charges. The story has received almost no national coverage.

When the races are reversed the cameras show up. When they are not, the silence is loud.