‘I want him OV’: Mom feared losing custody fight, pressured boyfriend to ambush kids’ father in parking lot killing, police say

A mother in Louisiana is accused of orchestrating a plot to have the father of her children killed, allegedly pressuring her boyfriend into carrying out a fatal ambush after the victim sought custody and child support.

Authorities arrested Hope Jackson and charged her with one count of principal to second-degree murder in the slaying of Anthony Wesley Jr., who was fatally shot last week.

The boyfriend, 32-year-old Riddick Franklin, was arrested earlier this month and charged with second-degree murder, according to a report from Baton Rouge ABC affiliate WBRZ. He is also facing charges of illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentality, possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies, and obstruction of justice…

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