Yareielle Pittman was 17 when she was fatally shot in New Orleans East in the early morning of June 22, 2019. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Chef Menteur Highway near Knight Drive. Officers found Yareielle inside a pickup truck with multiple gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene. A man who had also been in the truck suffered one gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The Orleans Parish Coroner determined Yareielle’s cause of death was gunshot wounds.

As of the latest public information, no suspect or motive had been identified and no arrest had been announced. Homicide detectives and Crimestoppers were asking anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about that night or remember seeing activity on Chef Menteur Highway near Knight Drive around 2 a.m. on June 22, 2019?