On the evening of May 11, 2020, 3-year-old Isaha Adams was killed in a drive-by shooting on Lebouef Street in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. A white GMC truck approached a family gathered outside and occupants opened fire at about 7:20 p.m. Isaha’s 23-year-old brother, James Esteem, was also killed; their 48-year-old mother was wounded in the leg while trying to shield her toddler.

The shooters fled in the truck but crashed near General Meyer Avenue and Holiday Drive, abandoned the vehicle, then carjacked a man and vanished. Investigators identified three suspects: brothers Ronjae Steadman, 19, and Rodney Steadman, 23, who were arrested, and 19-year-old Razak Adekunle, who remained at large. In September 2020 an Orleans Parish grand jury indicted Ronjae and Rodney on two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping; prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty.