Raynell Ray Ray Joseph Hughes Jr., 21, was found the victim of a fatal shooting in New Orleans East on March 16, 2022. The Orleans Parish Coroner identified Hughes two days later. The New Orleans Police Department Homicide Unit opened an investigation into the shooting and identified a suspect, Joshua Taylor.

An arrest warrant for second-degree murder was issued for Taylor, and on March 30, 2022 officers with the Violent Offender Warrant Squad located and arrested him; he was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center. By June 2022 a grand jury in Orleans Parish returned an indictment charging Taylor with second-degree murder and with one count of aggravated flight from an officer.

Does anyone have information about Hughes’ activities or whereabouts in New Orleans East around mid-March 2022 that could help investigators or family?