Walter Pooh Man Sterling Sr., 44, was shot to death in New Orleans in the early hours of January 11, 2017. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. The New Orleans Police Department handled the investigation, using forensic techniques and witness interviews to try to reconstruct what happened.

Known to his family as Pooh Man, Sterling was a father to twelve children. Despite the investigative work, the killing remained unsolved; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced. The case is an open wound for his family and the community.

If anyone has information about Walter Sterling Sr.’s death or remembers the circumstances of that night, please share what you know with the New Orleans Police Department.