On the night of February 7, 2021, 31-year-old Warren West was shot during an attempted armed robbery in Baton Rouge. West, Black / African American, managed to reach a gas station on Florida Boulevard to call for help and told officers he had been shot somewhere downtown, but he could not give a specific location or describe his assailant. The absence of a defined crime scene and no suspect description left investigators with few leads and the case grew cold.

West survived the initial shooting but suffered complications from the wound. On Monday, June 17, 2024, at age 35, he died from those complications, and the investigation is now being treated as a homicide. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Any information from witnesses who were in downtown Baton Rouge on February 7, 2021, or who knew Warren, could help the ongoing inquiry?