On the evening of January 4, 2021, a vehicle with 26-year-old Aurtrell Bivens and a juvenile passenger was traveling northbound in the 1400 block of North 23rd Street in Baton Rouge when one or more people opened fire on the car. Both occupants were struck; the juvenile suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Bivens was critically wounded and taken to a local hospital.

Bivens died of his injuries on January 19, 2021, and the shooting was investigated as a homicide. Investigators later identified multiple suspects. On March 11, 2021, 20-year-old Isreal Jones and 18-year-old Dillan Moore were arrested, and on March 15, 22-year-old Caleb Jackson was taken into custody with U.S. Marshals Task Force assistance. All three were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon; Jones was also charged as a felon in possession of a firearm. The motive remained unknown and the investigation continued.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Aurtrell Bivens, please share what you can with investigators.