On the morning of July 2, 2020, 27-year-old Kawana Tibbet went to her former Metairie apartment in the 4100 block of Hessmer Avenue to retrieve belongings she had left after a five-year relationship. An argument with her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old Arnold Magee, escalated after he intercepted a phone call from her new boyfriend. When Tibbet attempted to leave in her car, Magee reportedly fired two shots with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle. One round struck a parked van; the second hit Tibbet’s arm and caused fatal internal injuries. She drove across the street, crashed into another parked vehicle, and was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Magee was arrested and claimed Tibbet had tried to run him over, a defense contradicted by surveillance footage from the scene. In February 2024, a jury found Arnold Magee guilty of second-degree murder and he was sentenced in March 2024.

Did anyone in the Metairie area see the events that morning or have information about interactions between Tibbet and Magee before July 2, 2020?