Bond set at $1.5M for man accused in Crescent City Connection shootout that killed his brother

A man accused of opening fire during a drive-by shooting on the Crescent City Connection last month — a gun battle that left his brother dead and another man wounded — is being held on a $1.5 million bond.

Jawuan Riley, 25, was booked on one count of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the July 27 killing.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Riley was riding in the passenger seat of a Nissan Altima driven by his brother, 27-year-old Vincent Robertson, when both men began shooting at a Porsche traveling westbound on the bridge. Police said the brothers were “stalking” the occupants of that car — a woman and two men — and opened fire with 9mm handguns as a Cadillac driven by a friend of the victims traveled alongside them…

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