Charles Pettis, a 50-year-old Black man, was shot in the head in New Orleans’ Central City in the early hours of February 15, 2018, and did not survive the wound. Police identified Pettis after he was wounded and treated the case as a homicide investigation into the circumstances of the shooting in Central City.

Obituary information gave his full name as Charles Noel Pettis and recorded his passing as February 16, 2018, noting a fiancé and brothers among those who mourned him. Beyond the timing and location of the shooting and the family named in notices, details about what led to the shooting remain unclear.

If anyone has information about Charles Pettis, the shooting that injured him on February 15, 2018, or the people in his life, please share what is known.