Alvin Trigs Jr. was 22 when he was shot dead inside an apartment in the 2600 block of Poydras Street in New Orleans on the evening of Wednesday, October 26, 2016. The shooting occurred not far from the New Orleans Police Department headquarters and added another name to the city’s gun violence toll. He was known to some by the nickname Whop and was survived by his parents, Alvin Trigs Sr. and Michelle Johnson, plus a large extended family and many friends.

The New Orleans Police Department identified a person of interest in the days after the killing. On Friday, November 4, 2016, a man named Jermaine Reynolds, born February 1996, turned himself in at the Eighth District and was arrested and booked on a charge of second-degree murder. Alvin’s funeral took place on Saturday, November 5, 2016.

If anyone knew Alvin, his circle, or has information about the shooting on Poydras Street, please share what you know.