In the early hours of December 16, 2015, 23-year-old Breon Stewart and her 25-year-old companion Lionel Delpit III were found shot multiple times inside a Chrysler PT Cruiser at the Wind Run Apartments on the I-10 Service Road in New Orleans East. Breon was nine months pregnant and her unborn son, to be named Lionel Delpit IV, was later confirmed viable by the New Orleans Coroner’s Office; authorities treated the case as a triple homicide.

Breon had been her high school valedictorian and was close to finishing a nursing degree. Lionel Delpit III was a celebrated Mardi Gras Indian big chief, continuing a family tradition. Reports said roughly 20 rounds struck the vehicle, and police stated early on that the couple appeared to have been targeted rather than victims of a random shooting.

No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.