It wasn’t immediately clear whether Gleason had an attorney or when his first court appearance would be. No one answered the door at his house in a quiet neighborhood of mostly ranch-style homes with well-kept lawns about 10 miles from the shootings.
“He looks like any clean-cut American kid,” said neighbor Nancy Reynolds, who didn’t know Gleason or his family. She said it was “hard to believe this sort of thing is still happening.”
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore wouldn’t comment on what led investigators to Gleason.
Detectives searched Gleason’s home on Saturday and found less than a gram of marijuana, along with vials of human growth hormone, in his bedroom, according to a police document. After Gleason was read his Miranda rights, he claimed ownership of the drugs, the document said.
A year ago, racial tensions roiled Louisiana’s capital, a city of 229,000, when a black man was shot to death by white police officers outside a convenience store. About two weeks later, a black gunman targeted police in an ambush, killing three officers before he was shot to death. The city is about 55 percent black and 40 percent white.
Smart consistently showed up for his overnight shift as a dishwasher at Louie’s Cafe in a spotless white T-shirt and bright white Nike tennis shoes, The Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge reported.
“I’ve seen 26 years of folks washing dishes in a busy diner, and this guy is untouchable,” Louie’s general manager, Fred Simonson, was quoted as saying. “When you have an employee like Donald, he’s the type of person who’s going to make the person next to him better.”
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