AMITE — Two young men are behind bars facing a string of violent felony charges—including attempted murder, armed robbery and carjacking—following a multi-agency investigation spanning Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes.

Kendall Jackson III, 19, and Elijah Fisher, 18, were arrested Thursday evening after a tip from the public led Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies to Fisher’s home in Amite. Both suspects were taken into custody without incident around 8 p.m. on Nov. 12, and deputies recovered a vehicle stolen earlier that morning.

According to TPSO, the investigation ramped up early Thursday morning after deputies responded to a reported carjacking on Bankston Road in Amite. A man and a woman told investigators that four males entered their yard, pointed weapons at them and demanded cash and car keys before fleeing in the victims' vehicle. Neither victim was injured.

Detectives identified Jackson as a suspect in the Bankston Road robbery later that evening. Investigators also linked both Jackson and Fisher to an earlier carjacking in Amite on Nov. 3, in which no one was injured.

At the time of his arrest, Jackson was on parole for previous domestic violence and weapons convictions. He was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on the following charges:

- Two counts of carjacking

- Two counts of resisting an officer (stemming from outstanding warrants in an October incident)

- One count of armed robbery

- One count of criminal street gangs and patterns prohibited

Fisher was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on the following charges:

- One count of carjacking (connected to the Nov. 3 incident)

- One count of armed robbery

- One count of criminal street gangs and patterns prohibited

TPSO detectives say at least two additional suspects involved in Thursday’s Bankston Road carjacking remain at large.

Following their arrests in Tangipahoa Parish, the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Jackson and Fisher are also suspects in two separate drive-by shootings on Sawmill Road that left two people wounded. 

According to St. Helena Parish Sheriff Clay Chutz, detectives were first dispatched to Sawmill Road on Sunday, Nov. 8, where one person suffered gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting. Three days later, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, detectives responded to Sawmill Road again for a second drive-by shooting that left another person wounded.

Sheriff Chutz confirmed to WBRZ that investigators linked Jackson and Fisher to both shootings through a coordinated effort involving SHPSO, TPSO, Louisiana State Police, the Louisiana Department of Parole and the Hammond Police Department Street Crimes Unit. 

In St. Helena Parish, Jackson and Fisher each face:

- One count of attempted second-degree murder

- One count of assault by drive-by shooting

Sheriff Chutz noted that additional charges may be pending.

Tangipahoa Parish investigators are still working to identify and locate the remaining two suspects from Thursday's carjacking. Anyone with information is urged to contact the TPSO Criminal Investigations Division at 985-902-2088.

To share information anonymously and potentially qualify for a cash reward, contact Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa at 1-800-554-5245 or submit a tip online at www.tangicrimestoppers.com.