Matthew Spooner, a 35-year-old man from Picayune, Mississippi, was fatally shot in New Orleans in the early hours of July 6, 2016. NOPD officers responding around 1:12 a.m. to the 2100 block of North Miro Street found Spooner unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators later linked Spooner’s homicide to the discovery of the heavily decomposed body of 35-year-old Jeremy Paul Fountain in a wooded area of Waveland, Mississippi. Waveland police confirmed they were coordinating with the New Orleans Homicide Division but did not publicly detail the nature of the connection. Reports say Spooner had recently distanced himself from the Simon City Royals and was attempting to form a group called the Sip City Royals focused on charity and community building. Detective Robert Barrere led the NOPD investigation; no arrests or identified suspects have been publicly announced.

Does anyone with knowledge of Spooner, Fountain, or the Picayune-New Orleans area around July 2016 have information that could help clarify what happened?