On the night of August 5, 2021, 19-year-old college student Hassan Veal was lured to Pard Playground in Marrero, Louisiana, under the pretense of buying a firearm and was ambushed and shot nine times, including once in the face. Veal had attended the New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy and was studying petroleum engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Surveillance footage shows two men hiding near a fence before rushing Veal as he approached their vehicle; a third man in the car blocked Veal with the door and fired a shot into the air. Veal had already sent $666 through a mobile app to buy the gun. A phone dropped at the scene by one of the men became a key piece of evidence, and investigators concluded the meeting had been orchestrated as a robbery that ended in murder.

If anyone witnessed activity at Pard Playground that night or has information about the meeting that led to Hassan Veal’s death, please share what you know.