David Riggins, 64, a former mayor of Vinton and the town’s first Black alderman, was shot dead outside his home in the gated St. Regis subdivision in Baton Rouge on March 16, 2019. Neighbors were roused in the early morning by someone pounding on doors and windows. Riggins, reportedly startled awake, went to the door armed with a handgun and became involved in a physical struggle with 34-year-old Vernon Mosby. A single bullet struck Riggins, killing him.

Mosby had driven to Riggins’s residence after using a dating app and believing Riggins was with another man; he left his 8-year-old daughter unattended in his car nearby before jumping the fence and demanding entry. Mosby fled after the shooting, later called 911, returned, and was taken into custody by the Baton Rouge Police Department. He was charged with second-degree murder.

Riggins was remembered as intelligent, energetic, and a trailblazer in local politics. Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the early-morning disturbance or who can add details about what happened that night?