Armajae Smith was a 17-year-old student at Woodlawn High School when he was fatally shot in Baton Rouge on the evening of September 25, 2017. The shooting occurred just before 10:00 p.m. in the 6800 block of Cezanne Avenue; a 28-year-old man was also wounded in the same attack and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The killing was one of at least five shootings in the city between that Monday night and the following morning. Motive was unknown in the immediate aftermath, and it was unclear whether the incidents were connected. City officials, including Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, urged witnesses to cooperate with police. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced in Armajae Smith’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened on Cezanne Avenue that night, please come forward to assist investigators and the family.