Davante Elijah Ross was 25 when he was found fatally shot in the early morning of November 5, 2022, near a parking lot at the Towne Oaks apartment complex on North Sherwood Forest Drive in Baton Rouge. Police were called just before 3 a.m. and discovered his body at the scene.

Ross, born March 25, 1997, lived in Baton Rouge. He enjoyed skateboarding and reading, spent time with family and friends, and had recently enrolled in a trade school to pursue a welding certificate. The shooting left his parents, siblings and extended family grieving.

The Baton Rouge Police Department opened an investigation but had not identified a motive or named suspects, and no arrests had been announced. If anyone saw activity near Towne Oaks around 3 a.m. on November 5, 2022, or has information about Davante’s death, please come forward.