On the afternoon of October 25, 2016, 21-year-old Kyrisha Seanae Armstrong was shot while a passenger in a gray vehicle parked on Virgilian Street in the Pines Village neighborhood of New Orleans. An unidentified Black male opened fire at about 3:25 p.m.; despite multiple rounds and numerous evidence markers at the scene, Armstrong alone was struck, suffering a gunshot wound to her back. She was transported by ambulance but that vehicle collided with a pickup towing a boat, and a second ambulance ultimately got her to hospital where she died later that day.

In the hours after the shooting, Armstrong’s boyfriend, 19-year-old Marion Moses, and his brother were arrested on obstruction of justice charges for giving conflicting accounts and for allegedly discarding firearms they had used to return fire; surveillance footage reportedly shows the brothers firing back. Police have not publicly identified a suspect or motive and the case remains open. If anyone knew Kyrisha, the people in the car that day, or saw activity on Virgilian Street that afternoon, please come forward with information.