Oran Henderson, a 63-year-old Black man, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the 2200 block of Power Center Parkway in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the afternoon of February 9, 2019. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Within days investigators identified 44-year-old Shannon B. Barlow as a suspect and a warrant charging him with second-degree murder was issued. A ten-day search ended when the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Barlow on February 19, 2019; he was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on a $650,000 bond.

The case entered the judicial process after the arrest; many details about what happened that afternoon remain part of the court record. If anyone knew Oran Henderson or has information about his death, please come forward to help the ongoing pursuit of answers.