James Earl Short, 37, was fatally shot in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans on August 31, 2016, at about 5:08 PM. A lifelong resident of the city and a father of five known as J Boo, Short was struck down in an act of violence that prompted a homicide investigation by the New Orleans Police Department.

Police have not publicly released a motive or identified suspects. No arrests have been reported and the case has grown cold, though the investigation remains open. Family members remember him as a devoted and loving father taken in a senseless act on the streets of his home city.

If anyone has information about James Short’s shooting or remembers seeing anything in Treme that afternoon, please share what you know.