T’oure Tyran Jackson, 20, was killed by gunfire in New Orleans on April 14, 2022. Known to family and friends as Meatloaf, Oure, or TJ, he was born March 29, 2002, and remembered for drumming, crump dancing as a child, and later fishing, basketball and riding horses. A graduate of Christ First Christian Academy, he also loved second-lining on Super Sunday and is described as joyful, caring and creative.

The shooting occurred in the New Orleans Police Department’s Seventh District. The department is investigating; no suspects or arrests have been released. Few additional details about the circumstances of the shooting are available.

If anyone knew T’oure, witnessed the April 14, 2022 incident, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.