A New Orleans man who reportedly went to Harvey to try to sell a dirt bike that he had advertised in an online marketplace was found shot to death Monday morning, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto.

The body of 29-year-old Joseph Vindel was found early Monday in the 2300 block of Coliseum Street in the Garden District. Lopinto said he was shot multiple times.
A 20-year-old Jefferson Parish man identified as Jalen Harvey was arrested Monday at an apartment on Manhattan Boulevard. Lopinto said he was seeking a first-degree murder count in the case.

He said that deputies found Vindel’s dirt bike at the location in the 2100 block of Manhattan on a patio.

Lopinto said Harvey admitted to the shooting and to driving Vindel’s vehicle to an area in New Orleans and abandoning the vehicle with Vindel’s body inside.