Edison Oliver, a 30-year-old Black man, was shot on the afternoon of February 12, 2022, in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward. Police records place the shooting in the 2000 block of North Prieur Street; according to the New Orleans Police Department major offense log Oliver arrived at a hospital about 4:11 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the head. Reports describe bystanders rushing him away in a private vehicle in the immediate aftermath, with little public detail about how the violence began.

If anyone knew Edison, was there anything about that area or that afternoon that might explain what happened?