Jeremiah George Lee, 28, was fatally shot on the night of Saturday, July 28, 2018, on South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. Known to some as Zippa, he was a father of three. The shooting occurred during a mass attack that killed two other people, Kurshaw Jackson, 38, and Taiesha Watkins, 27, and wounded seven others.

Authorities believed the late-night attack was gang-related and identified Lee as the primary target. Investigators say two gunmen opened fire into a crowd, one reportedly using an assault rifle and the other two handguns. The New Orleans Police Department long treated the case as a high priority, at one point offering a $27,500 reward for information and naming prime suspects but citing difficulty assembling enough evidence to make arrests.

In October 2021 the department announced the arrest of 32-year-old Jamal Smith on three counts of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shooting. Does anyone have information about Jeremiah’s life, whereabouts that night, or other details that could help clarify what happened?