A Memorial Day pool party at Fairway View Apartments in Baton Rouge became a triple homicide on May 31, 2021, when gunfire around 8 p.m. left three people dead. Eighteen-month-old Ja’Tyri Unique Brown was playing near the pool when a stray bullet struck her; she later died at a local hospital. Two young men who were the apparent targets, 17-year-old Dwayne Dunn Jr. and 20-year-old Reginald Thomas, were also killed at the scene after a confrontation in the gated pool area.

Investigators say individuals entered the pool enclosure, approached Dunn and Thomas, and a brief struggle preceded multiple shots. Ja’Tyri’s father heard the gunfire and saw his daughter floating in the pool; the family has stated they had no connection to the suspects or the other victims.

In early June 2021 authorities arrested two brothers, David Williams, 19, and Ladarius Coleman, then 15, accused of being the shooters; their mother, Latoya Coleman, 36, was charged with accessory after the fact, and two others, Christopher Stovall, 23, and a 15-year-old, were arrested as alleged principals. A grand jury later indicted the brothers on three counts of second-degree murder, and Ladarius Coleman was convicted by a jury on all three counts at trial that began August 19, 2024.

If anyone at Fairway View that night or anyone with information about Ja’Tyri or the people involved can help, please come forward.