On the evening of Saturday, January 30, 2021, a burst of gunfire on the 4500 block of Gus Young Avenue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, left 29-year-old Christopher Akeem Smith fatally wounded. The shooting happened at about 7:50 p.m. Smith was struck and taken by private vehicle to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

The Baton Rouge Police Department’s Homicide Division opened an investigation and detectives worked to piece together what led to the shooting. The circumstances and those responsible remain unclear.

If anyone has information about Christopher Smith or the events on Gus Young Avenue that night, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.