In spring 2025, Christopher Cross stood outside a Poydras Street methadone clinic, introducing his friend Rodney Ramon Jackson as “Desire Project’s finest” in a video he would later post to Facebook.
Five months later, Jackson shot Cross once in the back of the head, killing him, New Orleans police say. Within weeks, Jackson allegedly killed again, fatally shooting Earl Vincent, 44, after an argument over missing heroin, according to court documents.
Jackson, 48, was booked for second-degree murder on Halloween last year in connection with Vincent’s death. Last week, he was rebooked on a second count of second-degree murder in Cross’ killing after homicide detectives linked him to the crime with ballistics evidence and to the victim via the video…