Adnan Alsar was 51 and a Syrian immigrant who owned three Subway franchises in Gentilly, New Orleans. Described as hardworking and generous, he supported a wife and three young children and was known for giving food to homeless people. On the evening of December 6, 2017, an argument inside his Subway on Caton Street escalated when a young man pulled a gun and fired two shots that struck Alsar. He was taken to the hospital but died of his injuries.

Police used surveillance footage to identify a suspect within days. Authorities sought 20-year-old Lavar Marquise Butler on a first-degree murder warrant, believing the confrontation began as a robbery. Butler left the state and was later located and arrested in Los Angeles; he was extradited to New Orleans and indicted by an Orleans Parish grand jury on second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Did anyone who knew Alsar or who was in the area that night see something that might help clarify what happened?