On the afternoon of June 15, 2020, 18-year-old Messiah Thompson was found outside a building in the 8300 block of Palm Street in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans at about 4:36 p.m. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office later confirmed the cause of death as gunshot wounds.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation and detectives collected evidence and sought information to identify those responsible. Despite those efforts the case has gone cold and no arrests have been announced. Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.

If anyone in Gert Town that afternoon saw something or has information that could help bring Messiah’s killer to justice, please consider coming forward to investigators or Crimestoppers.