In the summer of 2022, 39-year-old Lamar Ford was shot and killed in New Orleans. The shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. on Friday, August 5, in the 1300 block of Elysian Fields Avenue when an unidentified person exited a vehicle, stood over Ford, and shot him twice in the head. Emergency medical technicians pronounced him dead at the scene.

Ford’s mother, Pastor Christiana Ford, who founded the Silence the Violence Foundation, said her son had been working to turn his life around after his release from prison two years earlier. He had participated in outreach at her church and was the father of a nine-year-old boy. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the New Orleans Police Department is investigating and the case remains open.

Does anyone who lived near Elysian Fields Avenue that morning or who knew Lamar have information that could help move this investigation forward?