Seven-year-old Dillan Lauren Burton was fatally shot in New Orleans on the evening of December 26, 2021. Dillan was a passenger in her mother’s car, traveling with her mother and sister, when the shooting occurred at about 8:43 p.m. at the intersection of General DeGaulle Drive and Hendee Street in the Algiers neighborhood. She was struck by a bullet and died of her injuries.

Dillan was a second-grader at Success at Thurgood Marshall and was remembered by family as a student who loved to dance; her mother called her the light of her life. Authorities have described the suspect vehicle as a newer-model white and silver Chevrolet pickup truck with a bed cover. As of August 2023 no arrests had been made; Crimestoppers increased a reward to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and callers can remain anonymous and need not testify to be eligible.

If anyone has information about Dillan’s shooting or the described pickup truck, please come forward to investigators.