On the evening of June 20, 2020, Kimberly Wright, 34, was shot in the Pines Village area of New Orleans East while in the 6000 block of Downman Road. After the shooting a private vehicle attempted to get her to a hospital; officers stopped that vehicle near Gentilly Boulevard and Franklin Avenue, where Wright was pronounced dead in the street.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but no motive or information about suspects or arrests has been released. Few details have been made public about the circumstances that led to the shooting or the number of gunshot wounds.

If anyone was in the Pines Village area that evening or has information about the shooting or the people who may have been involved, please come forward.