Richard Washington was 48 when he was shot and killed in New Orleans on the evening of October 10, 2021. He had recently opened a new Wing Taxi restaurant in the French Quarter after twenty years running the business in Shreveport. Neighbors found him behind his Marigny apartment on the 2200 block of Burgundy Street around 7:30 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital and died about four hours later.

Known to friends and family as Snapper, Washington was noted for mentoring young men and for building a business meant to provide opportunities. The new French Quarter location closed after his death as the family grieved. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the motive remains unknown.

Did anyone in the area know Richard or see anything on October 10, 2021 that might help explain what happened?