Jordan St. Clair Clark was found guilty on Wednesday of attempted second degree murder in a 2021 shooting in St. Gabriel. 18th Judicial District Court Judge Alvin Battiste issued the verdict after the one-day judge trial.
Clark fired 10 shots at a 17-year-old girl at St. Gabriel Park on March 13, 2021. She was hit in the right side of the chest and the bullet exited her back. She was attending a birthday party for her boyfriend the night of the party in St. Gabriel near the shooting. After the shooting she was hospitalized for almost two weeks.
The victim identified Clark as the shooter and also picked him from a photo line-up. Bullet casings at the scene were all from the same firearm, but the weapon was never found. The victim told investigators that she thinks the bullets were meant for another person near her at the time of the shooting. Clark turned himself in to authorities on April 7, 2021.
Clark, 28, of 4925 Landry St., St. Gabriel, was found guilty of one count of attempted second degree murder and one count of illegal discharge of a firearm – crime of violence. Sentencing was set for May 7 by Judge Battiste. The sentence for attempted second degree attempted murder is up to 50 years in prison.
District Attorney Tony Clayton commended the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office and St. Gabriel Police Department for their investigation of the case, which helped result in a quick trial and ruling by Judge Battiste. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ali Meronek, Trent Shows, Nedi Morgan and Edward “Lucky” Songy.
“We have said many times that violence will not be tolerated in our community,” DA Clayton said. “This shooting impacted numerous families, and this 17-year-old, who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, will have to live with the horror, physical pain and scars of that shooting for the rest of her life. I’ll say it again – put the guns down. They ruin too many lives.”