Brent Jamison Batiste, 25, was found fatally shot inside his vehicle in the 2000 block of North 19th Street in Baton Rouge at about 6:45 a.m. on May 31, 2018. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; investigators have not disclosed a motive.

Batiste taught science at Scotlandville Middle Magnet School and was remembered by family and the community as a passionate, generous educator known as Mr. B. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Southern University.

The Baton Rouge Police Department continues to investigate; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about Brent’s death or his last movements, please share what you know.