Shaquille Michael Cooper, 29, was shot multiple times in the 1800 block of Music Street in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans on the evening of April 6, 2022. Emergency Medical Services took him to a nearby hospital, but he died from his wounds within about half an hour of the shooting. The New Orleans Police Department classified the incident as a homicide and opened an investigation.

A lifelong New Orleans resident and Penn Foster High School graduate, Cooper was survived by his mother and two brothers; his funeral was held April 16, 2022, at Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains open, with a reward offered for information that could lead to an arrest.

If anyone saw activity on Music Street that evening or has information about Shaquille Cooper’s killing, please come forward to investigators.