On the afternoon of November 7, 2021, 19-year-old James Moffett was shot and killed while sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle near the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Franklin Avenue in New Orleans. The shooting happened around 12:37 p.m.; first responders found Moffett with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman driving the car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.

The New Orleans Police Department’s homicide division investigated the daylight attack and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified Moffett as the victim. Public details about a motive or any persons of interest have not been released, and there have been no public announcements of arrests, charges, or convictions in the case.

Does anyone who was in the Lakeshore Drive area that day or who knew James have information that could help investigators?