On the evening of Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Bryon Andre ManKay Knapper, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified him as the victim of that shooting, and the New Orleans Police Department opened an investigation into his death.

Knapper was a son, a brother and a father to Brione Knapper and Tiera Stewart. His obituary lists his parents as Cassandra Knapper and Byron Horton, three sisters Damonica, Damanisha and Bydreka, and two brothers Damonta Knapper and Dallas Horton. He was preceded in death by grandparents Ann McConnel and Ike Knapper and is survived by grandparents Patricia and Randolph Horton and his girlfriend Ciera Stewart.

Public reports at the time called for witnesses to come forward. There have been no readily available reports of arrests or identified suspects in connection with the killing. If anyone in the Lower Ninth Ward on September 19, 2017, has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known.