Darren Lorenzo Brown, 19, was fatally shot at about 11 p.m. on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the intersection of Apricot and Cherry Streets in New Orleans. Responding officers found Brown lying in the street in front of a bar with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Raised by his grandmother, Angeline Jackson, Brown was described as a sweet child who later began associating with the wrong crowd.

He had a prior conviction connected to a non-fatal shooting and had been sentenced to 18 months in Orleans Parish Prison but was released three months early despite his grandmother’s pleas that he remain incarcerated for his safety. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced and the case remains unresolved.

If anyone knew Darren or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.