On September 26, 2021, 33-year-old Jamal Edward Sears was found inside a vehicle in the 6800 block of East Coronet Court in New Orleans with gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation after officers initially responded to a call for an aggravated battery by shooting. At the time of those reports investigators had not identified any suspects or a clear motive and were still gathering evidence.

Sears was remembered as a devoted father to a young son and was well-known in the local deaf community; friends and family described him as caring and not trouble-prone. Anyone with information is asked to contact the NOPD Homicide Unit.