RESERVE — Sheriff Mike Tregre announced this afternoon the identity of the parish’s second homicide victim — 22-year-old Dejuan Bell of Williamsburg Drive in LaPlace.

Very little else has been released publicly as St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators work the crime scene first discovered by deputies at 7:53 p.m. Wednesday in Reserve.

“Detectives continue to process evidence and to follow leads in the investigation,” Tregre said in a short release Thursday.

Authorities have not returned phone calls seeking additional comment.

Deputies were alerted to trouble following a shots fired call Wednesday in the 8800 block of Richmond Drive in Reserve.

At the scene, authorities discovered Bell slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle with a gunshot wound. Deputies also reported the vehicle hit a building.

Emergency medical services brought Bell to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, Tregre said.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office TIPS line at 985-359-TIPS or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.

Those with information do not have to testify and may qualify for a cash reward. Tips can be submitted at stjohnsheriff.org/submitatip.php.

This homicide is the second in St. John the Baptist Parish this year.