Alvonta Maurice Pointer, 27, was found dead inside his Huron Street home in the neighborhood just off Plank Road in Baton Rouge on the evening of February 4, 2022. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound; the discovery at about 7:10 p.m. opened a homicide investigation.

Police say the investigation pointed toward a robbery that went wrong. Within days investigators identified a suspect, 29-year-old Leroy Molden, who was taken into custody and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and illegal use of a weapon.

Alvonta Pointer’s family and the neighborhood were left reeling by the loss. If anyone has information about Pointer’s death or the events on February 4, 2022, please come forward.