On the evening of December 26, 2020, 18-year-old DJohn Porter of Raceland, Louisiana, was found unresponsive in the 700 block of St. Louis Street after a reported shooting at about 7:15 p.m. Deputies from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office pronounced Porter dead at the scene.

Detectives identified 19-year-old Kelvin Davis, also of Raceland, as the person alleged to have fired the fatal shots. A warrant for Second Degree Murder was issued for Davis on January 8, 2021. Davis had already been in custody after a December 28, 2020 arrest on unrelated charges tied to a series of 11 vehicle burglaries from the previous September; following the murder warrant he was booked on the Second Degree Murder charge with total bail set at $1,315,000. The investigation remained ongoing.

If anyone saw activity on St. Louis Street that evening or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.