Jaquarian Casson, a 21-year-old Black man from Natchitoches, Louisiana, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 25, 2022. Officers from the Natchitoches Police Department responded around 12:15 a.m. to a report of a gunshot victim on Saida Street near Carter’s Mobile Home Park and found Casson suffering from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead by the Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office.

The Natchitoches Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Two suspects were taken into custody in connection with the shooting, and the investigation remains ongoing. Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Natchitoches Police Department or submit an anonymous tip through Natchitoches Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything in that area around 12:15 a.m. on September 25, 2022?