On March 28, 2021, 25-year-old Breyiana LaKia Brown was shot and killed in a vehicle at the Cypress Run Apartments in Algiers, New Orleans. Brown was inside the car with her 18-year-old stepbrother, Caleb Johnson, and a third person; the three had reportedly gone there to sell a gun when someone opened fire. Caleb Johnson, a high school senior weeks from graduation, was also killed. A third occupant was wounded and expected to survive.

Brown was wearing an ankle monitor at the time, having recently been released from jail on a manslaughter charge. The shooting investigation led police to 21-year-old Hollis Carter, who confessed and was arrested on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder. The killings set off further violence in the case.

Did anyone in the Algiers area see the victims or know about the planned sale that afternoon?