Shortly before 11:15 p.m. on a November evening in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a burst of gunfire on Avis Avenue struck two men. Emergency crews took both victims to a nearby hospital. One of the men, 41-year-old Loney Taylor, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his torso and later died. The other victim was struck in the legs and torso and was expected to survive.

The Baton Rouge Police Department canvassed the scene and opened an investigation into the double shooting. The case was assigned to the Violent Crimes Unit, and investigators asked anyone with information to come forward. News reports and the official accounts available at the time did not identify a suspect or establish a motive for the attack.

Did anyone in the Avis Avenue area that night see or hear anything that might help with the investigation into Loney Taylor’s death?