On November 20, 2020, 29-year-old Joshua Turner of Baton Rouge was found dead inside a room at the Vel Rose Motel on Airline Highway. Authorities determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound, and the Baton Rouge Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Investigators initially treated the killing as a robbery that turned deadly.

In the days and weeks after the shooting, police worked the case but did not publicly identify any suspects and no arrests have been announced. The investigation remained active while family and the community sought answers.

If anyone has information about Joshua Turner, his movements that night, or the Vel Rose Motel on Airline Highway around November 20, 2020, please come forward.