On August 14, 2018, 34-year-old May Francois was shot multiple times in broad daylight in New Orleans’ Central Business District. Police found Francois inside a dark-colored sedan that had crashed into the Exchange Center Building at the intersection of Gravier and O’Keefe streets. He was taken to University Medical Center and died of his wounds.

Officers reported that three people were seen running from the vehicle and that surveillance footage captured a getaway car. That footage led investigators to 19-year-old Marine Corps reservist Quan Charles, who was arrested and booked on one count of second-degree murder. Charles told police he had been in the back of Francois’s car during a drug transaction and said a gun in his hand accidentally discharged twice; an autopsy showed Francois suffered at least four gunshot wounds, and investigators described the wounds as indicating an intentional act. Charles was held on $500,000 bond as the only suspect.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the crash, or saw a dark sedan or fleeing individuals that afternoon, please come forward with information.