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		</div><h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>Louisiana groom &#8216;hid surveillance footage showing the murder of his best man at his wedding after-party,&#8217; two years ago</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>Newly-wed Christopher Jerome Sterling, 42, detached the DVR system from surveillance cameras after a shooting at his wedding after-party</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>The shooting happened hours after the wedding at around 3am on Jan 28, 2018 at Sterling and Sterling Detail Shop in Baton Rouge</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>Best man, Byron Jenkins, 36, died after being shot and another guest, a 23-year-old woman, was also injured</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>The groom is alleged to have hid the footage before police arrived on scene in an attempt to help the shooter avoid arrest</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>Sterling is believed to have hidden the tape to protect the identity of the shooter, another friend of his</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>He was booked Tuesday for obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to second-degree murder</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>The shooter has not been arrested</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453838;"><strong>Authorities found out about the existence of footage after receiving a tip-off in May </strong></span></h6>
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Newly-wed groom Christopher Jerome Sterling, [photo], detached the DVR system from the surveillance cameras after a shooting at his wedding after-party, that killed his bestman and left another guest injured<br />
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<p>A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his best friend at his wedding in 2018, after allegedly hiding footage of the shooting in Bayon Rouge, LA.<br />
Christopher Jerome Sterling, 42, has been arrested for obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact for second degree murder.<br />
His bestman 36-year-old Byron Jenkins, was shot and killed just after the wedding in January 2018.<br />
Another guest at the wedding, a 23-year-old woman was also shot in the shoulder and sustained non-life threatening injuries in the shooting.<br />
According to police, Sterling was holding his &#8216;wedding after-party&#8217; at the Sterling and Sterling Detail Shop when the incident occurred at around 3am.<br />
Jenkins had been his best man at Sterling&#8217;s ceremony just hours earlier.</p>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><img class="alignnone wp-image-342113" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sterling-and-Sterling-Detail-Shop-Baton-Rouge-La-1.png" alt="Sterling and Sterling Detail Shop, Baton Rouge, La 1" width="1260" height="849" /><strong>The shooting happened on the parking lot of the Sterling and Sterling Detail Shop, [photo], in Baton Rouge, La in Jan 2018<br />
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Although Sterling is not accused of carrying out the shooting himself, he is alleged to have told police that his surveillance camera system was not working at the time of the shooting. He also denied seeing what happened.<br />
Police also spoke with 18 people who were present at the party following the incident for their accounts.<br />
But officers later received an anonymous tip-off that the surveillance cameras were in fact working.<br />
Sterling is alleged to have removed the DVR recorder in order to protect the identity of the gunman reports <a class="class" href="https://www.wafb.com/story/37367520/man-dead-woman-injured-in-shooting-at-store-on-scenic-hwy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">WAFB</a>.<br />
Almost 18 months after the shooting, police finally managed to obtain pictures of Jenkins inside the building, minutes before his death.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-342109" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Byron-Jenkins-1.png" alt="Byron Jenkins 1" width="815" height="714" /><strong>Byron Jenkins, [left &#8212; lower right], was killed after being shot, hours after he served as best man at Sterling&#8217;s wedding. The groom is now being accused of helping the killer evade justice</strong></h6>
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<p>The cameras, at the time, appeared to be in full working order.<br />
Officials say while on scene, detective spoke to 18 people inside the building, including Sterling. Police say Sterling was part owner of the business and also the groom. He reportedly told police Jenkins was his best man and that he did not see the shooting happen.<br />
On May 11, 2019, authorities received photos of the victim standing inside of the business with the camera monitors operable in the background prior to his death. Arrest records say Christopher Sterling removed the DVR system prior to the police arriving, concealing evidence of the crime.<br />
The arrest report says Sterling was specifically asked about any surveillance cameras on the property and that he reportedly claimed the cameras were not working. Police say all of the witnesses claimed to have not seen the shooting happen.<br />
During the investigation, police received several anonymous tips about the security cameras being operable, Sterling removing the system, and the identification of the shooter, who police say is another friend of Sterling’s.<br />
Sterling was booked Tuesday for obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to second-degree murder according to<a class="class" href="https://www.wbrz.com/news/police-groom-accused-of-hiding-evidence-after-best-man-murdered-on-wedding-night" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"> WBRZ</a>.<br />
Police believe that the person who ended up shooting Jenkins is also a friend of Sterlings but has not yet been arrested at this time.</p>
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Groom ‘hid surveillance footage showing the murder of his best man at his wedding after-party’; Christopher Jerome Sterling detached the DVR system from surveillance cameras after a shooting that killed Byron Jenkins – Cops
