On April 11, 2019, 30-year-old Lonnie Samuel Jr was shot and killed in Shreveport, Louisiana. He worked as a restaurant manager and was a father of six; people who knew him described him as quiet, genuine, and peaceful. His death came amid a string of shootings in the city—his was one of nine shootings reported during the second week of April 2019.

For a long time there were no public developments in the case. A later comment on an online memorial page said a man named Carlos Heard had been charged in Samuel’s death, but the circumstances of any arrest and the status of legal proceedings have not been widely reported.

Does anyone have verifiable information about the investigation, charges, or how Samuel’s family has been kept informed?