Rayshawn Boullt was 15 when he was fatally shot the evening of Saturday, January 21, 2017, in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. The shooting happened about 5:52 p.m. near Desire and Galvez streets. Officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s Fifth District found him unresponsive on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 13-year-old male was also wounded and later arrived at a local hospital by private vehicle with a gunshot wound to his arm. The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation into the double shooting and asked anyone with information to contact their homicide division or Crimestoppers. There have been no public announcements about arrests or identified suspects in Boullt’s death.

If anyone knew Rayshawn, witnessed the shooting near Desire and Galvez that evening, or has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known.