On the evening of January 18, 2021, in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighborhood, 31-year-old Santiago Rubio was killed in a burst of gunfire that also took the life of 40-year-old Ilia Henderson and wounded a third person. Eyewitnesses described two masked men dressed in black firing more than a dozen shots into a crowd on a porch; Rubio and Henderson were found with fatal injuries. Henderson, a personal care assistant, was reportedly with a patient in a wheelchair and appears to have been an innocent bystander.

A relative of Rubio has told reporters they believe Rubio may have been the intended target, but police have not publicly named any suspects. The New Orleans Police Department has continued to investigate, and no arrests or identities of the two gunmen have been announced. If anyone saw the attack or has information about those involved, please share what you know with investigators.