A 27-year-old Nigerian man, Chukwuebuka Eweni, has been arrested by police in New Orleans after he allegedly stabbed his father to death and attacked his two sisters during a violent domestic incident on Pebble Street.
Family members told WWL Louisiana that the deceased, Samuel Eweni, was a respected computer sciences professor at Southern University at New Orleans. They confirmed that his two daughters survived the violent attack.
Relatives described the incident as “sudden and shocking,” explaining that although Chukwuebuka had a history of mental illness, he had never displayed violent behaviour in the past. According to the family, one of the sisters has already been discharged from the hospital, while the second remains admitted but is expected to recover.
In a statement obtained by PUNCH on Sunday, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) confirmed that the suspect was found in Jefferson Parish, where he was taken into custody and placed under medical evaluation at a nearby facility.
The police said the attack occurred at about 9:59 p.m. on November 11, 2025, on the 8000 block of Pebble Street.
“The NOPD has obtained an arrest warrant for Chukwuebuka Eweni in its investigation of a homicide that occurred on the evening of November 11, 2025, in the 8000 block of Pebble Street that also left two additional victims injured,” the police statement said.
Officers responded to a report of “an aggravated battery by cutting believed to be domestic in nature.” When they arrived at the scene, they found an unresponsive adult male suffering from at least one fatal stab wound. They also found two adult female victims with stab injuries. Both women were rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency care.
Investigations by the NOPD Homicide Section later identified Chukwuebuka Eweni as the suspect. Police confirmed that an arrest warrant had been issued for one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.
According to authorities, Eweni was considered “armed and dangerous” at the time he was being sought.
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will release the official identity and cause of death of the victim after completing an autopsy and informing the deceased’s family.
