On the evening of July 2, 2022, 26-year-old Nikolas Ell was shot and killed in the 3100 block of Iroquois Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A 27-year-old male acquaintance suffered serious injuries in the same shooting. Officers pronounced Ell dead at the scene and opened an investigation.

Police reported that the people involved were known to each other and initially described the shooting as likely a justifiable homicide. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the initial assessment has not been updated; the case remains open and few additional details about how the encounter began have been released.

Does anyone who knew Nikolas or who was in that Baton Rouge neighborhood that night have information that could help clarify what happened?