Shane Brown, a 20-year-old New Orleans native and graduate of New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School, was reported missing by his mother, Gloria Brown, on March 21, 2022, after he failed to return home from work. His phone and car were found days later, increasing concern that foul play was involved. On March 26, 2022, his body was recovered from a canal in New Orleans East at Morrison and Gannon roads; investigators determined he had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide.

Brown was known in his community for academic and athletic accomplishments and had ambitions to become a movie director and an aerospace engineer. He had already co-directed and written a short film that received local recognition. The New Orleans Police Department’s investigation led to the arrest of 18-year-old Tyrone Steele; Steele was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of first-degree murder, including the charge in Brown’s death, and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.

If anyone knew Shane, saw him on or after March 21, 2022, or has information about his movements in New Orleans East that week, please come forward.