A midday burst of gunfire on February 17, 2018, shattered the ordinary rhythm of Tremé in New Orleans. Just after 11:30 a.m., police were called to St. Ann Street and North Prieur Street and found two men struck in their upper bodies—one slumped inside a car, the other lying in the street. Both men were later declared dead; the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified one victim as 42-year-old Bud Landrum and the other as 50-year-old Ronald Hawkins.

Initial police work treated the scene as a double homicide, with investigators collecting shell casings and witness accounts and canvassing for any fleeing vehicle or suspect description. Official updates at the time described the investigation as active but did not name a suspect or report any arrest, indictment, trial, or conviction connected to Landrum’s killing.

Does anyone have information about that February 17 shooting or knew Bud Landrum and can help fill in what happened that day?