Sunday around 8 a.m., 28-year-old Cardell Hayes was booked on second-degree murder charges in the killing.
Police believe Hayes was the gunman who fired on Smith and his wife Racquel.
The couple had left a late dinner at Sake Cafe on Magazine Street minutes before the gunfire erupted, according to a source.
The shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. after a three-car accident near Sophie Wright Place and Felicity Street in the Lower Garden District, according to Officer Juan Barnes, a New Orleans Police Department spokesman.
A Hummer H2 rear-ended Smith's Mercedes-Benz SUV, Barnes said, causing Smith's vehicle to rear-end another car, driven by one of his friends.
Smith, 34, and the 30-year-old driver of the Hummer "exchanged words" before the driver of the Hummer pulled out a gun and shot Smith multiple times, police said.
Smith died on the scene.
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