Guy Anthony Henderson Jr, 27, was shot and killed on the evening of December 29, 2014, in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. Officers arriving about 7:40 p.m. found him in the driver’s seat of a gray sedan that had struck a curb; the car’s side windows were shattered and the vehicle was described as bullet-riddled. Henderson, known to friends and family as Scoota or Doodie, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity.

Initial police reports offered few details about what led to the shooting. The New Orleans Police Department reported no motive or identified suspects in its early investigation, and the case was classified as a homicide. Henderson was a graduate of Edna Karr Magnet High School and Southern University; his death remains an unresolved loss for family and the community.

If anyone has information about the events near General Meyer Avenue and Wagner Street that evening, please share what is known with investigators.