On May 2, 2022, 25-year-old Kawon Moore was found inside a vehicle in the Abita Nursery neighborhood, between Covington and Abita Springs, Louisiana, after deputies responded to reports of gunfire near Pansy and Progress streets. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family remembered Kawon as compassionate and animal-loving, someone who once wanted to be a veterinarian and who acted as a father figure to his younger sisters. The sudden, violent loss left his family grieving in the days before Mother’s Day.

In December 2022 the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Tyrus Brock of Kentwood; Brock was served the warrant while incarcerated in Tangipahoa Parish on unrelated charges and faces second-degree murder. Authorities said the investigation remained ongoing.

If anyone in Abita Nursery or the surrounding area saw or heard anything on May 2, 2022 that could help, please come forward with information.