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Danny Louis Nelson, 36 and known to some as Disco, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on June 7, 2014, at the intersection of Washington and South Robertson Street in New Orleans’ Central City. He had recently returned to the neighborhood where he grew up after being released from jail days earlier, reportedly trying to make a fresh start.

The investigation stalled for more than a year with no public suspects and the case went cold. Nelson’s family kept pressing for answers; his daughter made a public plea for information, and a witness later came forward identifying a man named George Short. That lead did not immediately resolve the case. In February 2018 law enforcement located and arrested a different man, 41-year-old Wallace Gilmore, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Gilmore was taken into custody on a fugitive from justice charge and was wanted by New Orleans police for second-degree murder in Nelson’s shooting; he was held without bail pending extradition to Louisiana.

Does anyone who knew Nelson or was in Central City around June 7, 2014, have information that could help fill gaps in the case?