On the late afternoon of Sunday, September 8, 2019, 16-year-old Steven Anthony Mercadel was shot in the 3200 block of Morrice Duncan Drive in New Orleans. First responders found him with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

The New Orleans Police Department opened an investigation and publicly identified a person of interest they wanted to question, named as Lee Coleman, born August 1996. Police stressed that Coleman was wanted for questioning and was not officially identified as a suspect at that time.

Funeral services were announced at Corpus Christi/Epiphany Church on St. Bernard Avenue. Who has information about Steven, his movements that afternoon, or the events on Morrice Duncan Drive that could help investigators?