On the evening of November 17, 2020, 18-year-old Canaan Batiste was killed in a home invasion on North 16th Street in the Alton area near Slidell, Louisiana. Multiple people forced their way into a residence where several occupants were inside and opened fire. Batiste was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds; another person in the home suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

Witnesses said the assailants fled immediately after the shooting. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information. No suspects have been publicly named and no arrests have been announced; investigators have not released a motive.

If anyone saw activity in the Alton area around North 16th Street on November 17, 2020, or has information about who forced entry into that home, please come forward.