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Everett Charles Burns, 34, was fatally shot on November 22, 2017, in the 400 block of Lapalco Boulevard in Gretna, Louisiana. He had just left a barbershop and was walking to an ATM to get cash to pay for the haircut when he was shot once in the abdomen. Severely wounded, Burns walked to his car and was driven by another customer, a former Navy corpsman, to a nearby hospital; he was later transferred to a New Orleans hospital where he died.

Investigators identified two suspects as maternal half-brothers Willie Battle and Eddie Salvant, who reportedly believed Burns was responsible for a shooting that had occurred less than two weeks earlier. Surveillance video showed two hooded men lingering in a parking lot near the barbershop before the confrontation, and witnesses reported seeing one of the men armed. After the shooting a man matching Salvant’s build was seen running from the scene holding a pistol while a man matching Battle’s description walked away calmly. Both men fled; Battle was arrested in Florida on December 11, 2017, and Salvant was arrested in Harvey, Louisiana, on December 12, 2017.

Does anyone have information about Burns’ movements that afternoon or about the two men seen in the parking lot?