BALL — Federal agencies have joined the search for a Ball homicide suspect now more than two weeks after a woman was fatally shot at a Citgo gas station on Monroe Highway, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Task Force both actively working to locate the fugitive.

Shamond Lamar Sanders, 39, is wanted in connection with the March 5 shooting death of Renina Simmons, 51. The Rapides Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed Simmons died at the scene and ruled her death a homicide. Ball Police Chief Marshall Deen described the incident as domestic-related, beginning at a gas pump before escalating.

The U.S. Marshals Task Force joined the investigation on March 7 after Ball Police reported no credible evidence that Sanders remained in the immediate area. The FBI was confirmed as an additional agency in the search during the Town of Ball’s Council Meeting on March 17.

Investigators have pursued multiple tips in the Rapides Parish area, including two searches of the Pelican Drive area in Pineville — one on March 6 and another on March 10, the second involving RPSO detectives, the crime suppression unit and SWAT. Neither search produced evidence that Sanders was present.

Sanders is described as a Black male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing approximately 220 pounds, and bald. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators believe he may be traveling in a dark gray Nissan Altima bearing Louisiana license plate 990JGZ.

Court records show Sanders was released from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections on good-time parole on June 25, 2024, with a full-term release date of November 20, 2025. He had previously been sentenced in East Baton Rouge Parish to 20 years each for manslaughter and armed robbery, served concurrently, along with a consecutive two-year sentence from Allen Parish for battery on a correctional facility employee.

As of Monday, March 23, no arrest has been announced and Sanders remains at large. The Ball Police Department, Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Task Force and FBI continue to pursue leads. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of CenLa at 318-443-7867.