Justice Thompson was 17 when he was found shot multiple times in a parked car on Adams Street in Baton Rouge on October 16, 2011. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries; family and the community remembered him as an aspiring musical artist and a creative spirit.

In June 2012 Baton Rouge police announced the arrest of 21-year-old Erick Scott, who was charged with first-degree murder in Thompson’s death. Scott was already in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison at that time on a separate first-degree murder charge for the February 14, 2012, shooting death of Kevin Johnson.

Court records show Scott was tried, convicted of second-degree murder in the Johnson case, and sentenced to life at hard labor without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

If anyone knew Justice, saw him in Baton Rouge around October 2011, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.