On the evening of Saturday, April 12, 2014, 23-year-old Charles Collins was killed in a quadruple shooting in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. The shooting occurred around 7:45 p.m. in the 2100 block of Lamanche Street when an unknown gunman approached a small group and opened fire. Four people were struck and taken to a local hospital.

Collins died at the hospital; a one-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to her ear and was listed in stable condition. Two other males, 17 and 20 years old, were also treated and initially reported as stable. In the days and weeks after the shooting, investigators continued to work the case but details about a motive or the identity of any suspect or suspects were not released.

The death of Charles Collins remains an unresolved homicide that devastated his family and neighborhood. If anyone witnessed the April 12 shooting on Lamanche Street or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.