Malik Filer was 17 when he was shot dead late on the night of August 5, 2018, on the 400 block of North Vivier Street in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Relatives said he had just been dropped off at his aunt’s house when someone rushed up and opened fire, striking him multiple times outside. Reports placed the shooting at about 11:00 p.m.

Police publicly identified Daylon Ko Ko Alexander as a suspect and said a warrant had been issued charging him with second-degree murder. In January 2019 authorities arrested Bernard Mitchell IV and booked him on a charge of accessory after the fact of second-degree murder, a development described as linked to the aftermath rather than the shooting itself. Later reporting indicated Alexander was taken into custody and booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center on a second-degree murder charge.

If anyone who knew Malik or who saw activity on North Vivier Street that night can help fill in what happened, please share what is known with investigators.