Jonathan Denzel ’Jaye’ Smith, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed outside a corner store near the intersection of General Ogden and Marks Streets in the Dixon neighborhood of New Orleans on March 8, 2018. Police were dispatched just after 7 p.m. for an aggravated battery by shooting; when officers arrived they found Smith outside the store with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The call was upgraded to a homicide and investigators began canvassing the area and collecting evidence.

Family notices identify him as the son of Terry Smith Ratcliff and John W. Coleman, Jr., and note a large circle of siblings, relatives, and friends left to grieve. Law-enforcement updates tied to the initial release did not name any suspect or describe an arrest or charges; detectives said they were still piecing together motive and the identities of the person or persons responsible and asked anyone who saw or heard anything that night to contact a homicide detective or Crimestoppers.

If anyone was near General Ogden and Marks Streets around 7 p.m. on March 8, 2018, does anyone have information that could help investigators?