An 18-year-old named Kayvon Le Blanc was shot in New Orleans on the evening of March 19, 2022, and later died after being taken to a hospital in a private vehicle. Police traced the shooting to the 4500 block of Dodt Avenue; officers were called to the hospital at about 5:39 p.m. for a gunshot wound victim who had arrived by private conveyance and the victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Orleans Parish Coroner identified him as the man fatally wounded in that Dodt Avenue shooting, and police confirmed they were treating the death as a homicide. Investigators were collecting evidence and seeking information from the public; no arrests, named suspects, or charges were reported.

If anyone has information about what happened on Dodt Avenue that evening or about Kayvon Le Blanc’s movements before the shooting, please share tips with investigators.