On the evening of October 26, 2020, a burst of gunfire in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans left 25-year-old Jahmal Derrick Dawson with a fatal gunshot wound. Another person was also wounded in the same incident. Emergency services responded, but Dawson’s injuries proved fatal.

A native and resident of New Orleans, Dawson graduated from L. B. Landry High School and worked as a custodian for the Orleans Parish School Board. His family and friends held a funeral service in Gretna.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but no motive has been released and no arrests have been announced. What was the sequence of events that led to the shooting, and can anyone with information about that night help investigators?