Clay Landry Sr., 58, was fatally shot on December 10, 2021, in the 1800 block of Lamanche Street in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. Officers responding to reports of a shooting found Landry Sr. with a gunshot wound; emergency responders could not save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation quickly led to an arrest. On the same day as the fatal shooting, Clay Landry Jr. was taken into custody by the New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Unit and charged with second-degree murder and simple battery in connection with his father’s death. The arrest brought a swift and somber turn to an already tragic situation for the family and neighborhood.

Does anyone have information about the incident or knew the Landry family that could help fill in what happened that day?