Tyler Munster, 20, was fatally shot in New Orleans East on December 23, 2017. Munster, known as T‑Bird, was in a car parked at a gas station on Crowder Boulevard with a friend when a bullet believed to have been meant for someone else pierced the car window and struck him in the head. His friend drove away looking for help and located an ambulance a few miles away; Munster still had a pulse en route but showed no brain activity at the hospital and died on December 25, 2017.

A Marrero native who had also lived in Luling, Munster enjoyed the outdoors and played baseball, including on the 2009 St. Charles Parish Recreation Department team that won the state championship. He had earned a GED and worked with his father in an auto‑painting business. He had registered as an organ donor the day before the shooting, and his donations later helped others.

As of late 2018 the investigation had gone cold and no arrests were reported. If anyone remembers seeing activity at the Crowder Boulevard gas station or has information about that night, please come forward.