On January 27, 2021, 31-year-old Joshua Mission Bates was fatally shot during a dispute in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans. The altercation began as a disagreement and escalated into gunfire that took Bates’ life.

Police identified the shooter as Caeszerine Moe Thompson, who is the brother of Bates’ girlfriend. Thompson fled after the shooting; a warrant for second-degree murder was issued and he was located and arrested in Houston, Texas, then extradited to New Orleans and booked on one count of second-degree murder.

Reports focus on the shooting, the suspect’s flight and capture; information about the legal outcome is not widely reported. If anyone knew Joshua Bates or has information about the case, please share what you know with investigators.