Fernell Richmond was 41 when he was shot and killed in Central City, New Orleans, just before midnight on a Tuesday in late December 2017. Officers found him inside a residence in the 3300 block of First Street with multiple gunshot wounds; the Orleans Parish Coroner identified him and determined he died at the scene. The obituary gives his date of death as Monday, December 25, 2017, while initial police reports placed the shooting on the following day.

Investigators reported Richmond’s 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck missing from the scene and released a description and Louisiana license plate number, calling the vehicle a key piece of evidence. No suspects or arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. Funeral services were held for Richmond on Friday, January 5, 2018.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the missing truck, please share what is known with the New Orleans Police Department.