On Halloween night, October 31, 2017, 19-year-old Shantell Monique Pollard of Thibodaux, Louisiana, was shot in the head while sitting in the passenger seat of an SUV on Park Avenue. Friends had picked her up to go to Bourbon Street and made a stop in the Marydale neighborhood to drop off a child when the shooting occurred at about 10:35 p.m. Deputies from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office found her unresponsive; she was treated at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, transferred to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, and despite being revived twice she died on November 3, 2017.

Shantell’s family described her as a vibrant young woman who hoped to be a singer, model, or makeup artist. She was a registered organ donor and her organs were used to help others after her death. The investigation remains open; no arrests or publicly identified suspects or motives have been announced.

If anyone has information about the shooting, can you contact the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office?