Kerry Spears Jr. was 31 when he was shot and killed in New Orleans on the evening of Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Officers were dispatched about 8:30 PM to the intersection of Louisiana and Loyola avenues, between the Central City and Freret neighborhoods, and found him with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical technicians responded but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orleans Parish Coroner identified him and listed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

A graduate of O. Perry Walker High School’s class of 2010, Kerry had earned an Associate Degree in General Studies from Delgado Community College. He is survived by his parents, Kerry Sr. and Trenise Spears, siblings Jaronay and Bria Spears, grandparents and other relatives. The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation; initial reports did not name a suspect or a motive, and authorities asked anyone with information to contact Homicide Detective Meghan Constantine or submit an anonymous tip to Crimestoppers.

Did anyone in the area on August 30, 2022, see or hear anything that could help investigators?