Daymond Urnk Toney, a 43-year-old New Orleans native, was fatally shot on Friday, July 15, 2022. Known for entertaining and for his work in construction, he was educated in the Orleans Parish School System and remained connected to the community where he grew up.

Public reports offer few details about the shooting itself. No suspect or arrest has been publicly identified, and authorities have not released additional information about the circumstances that led to his death.

Toney was the son of Gilda Toney and the late Richard Patton Sr., and is survived by children Darius Grant, Alyla Toney, and Jaymond Hardin; siblings Desmond, Dayshondra, and Diondra Toney; relatives Rico Hart and Richard Patton Jr.; and his companion Mable Cobbins. A funeral service was held at Israelite Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Blvd and he was interred at Big Quarters Cemetery.

If anyone has information about the July 15, 2022 shooting, please share what is known.