Dennis Ducre was 62 and living in New Orleans when he was shot on Chef Menteur Highway on the evening of Friday, November 11, 2022. He was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries and died there on Sunday, November 13, 2022. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified him as a victim of the fatal shooting.

The New Orleans Police Department classified the death as a homicide. Public reports provide few details about the circumstances of the shooting, and no information has been released publicly about suspects or arrests connected to the case. Very little is available about Ducre’s background, including his ethnicity.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Chef Menteur Highway that night or knew Dennis Ducre, please share what you know.