Tyren Deondra Nettles was a 20-year-old Black woman who was shot during a forced home invasion in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood on the evening of July 31, 2013. Armed intruders broke into the residence in the 2500 block of South Roman Street; Nettles suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and right side. She managed to leave the house and reached a neighbor’s front door, pleading for someone to call 911.

She survived for several days but died on August 8, 2013. Investigators said the attack was not described as random and that the home appeared targeted, but no suspects were reported at the time. Nettles’ death has been included in later city remembrances of lives lost to violence.

Did anyone in Central City at that time see or hear anything that could help explain why the house was targeted?