A late afternoon shooting on July 15, 2019, in the 6900 block of Martin Drive in New Orleans left 29-year-old Lemant Stewart Jr. dead and two others wounded. The incident began around 4:37 p.m.; officers responding to a call of aggravated battery by shooting found three people with gunshot wounds. Two were taken to a hospital; Stewart’s injuries proved fatal and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Orleans Parish Coroner later confirmed his identity.

A fourth person connected to the shooting, Donald Patton Jr., also suffered multiple gunshot wounds and went to a hospital in a private vehicle. After treatment and release, Patton was taken into custody by the New Orleans Police Department on July 18, 2019, initially booked on attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a firearm. The investigation later led to an upgrade of charges to include the second-degree murder of Lemant Stewart Jr.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember what happened that afternoon on Martin Drive?