A late‑afternoon shooting in the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans East left 31‑year‑old William E. Howard dead on July 7, 2015. Police responded to gunfire that summer day, secured the scene, and began investigating the fatal shooting of the Black male identified as William E. Howard.

Within a few months investigators arrested a teenager from Eastern New Orleans and later charged that teenager with Howard’s murder. Authorities have not released a motive in the case; court proceedings moved forward with prosecution and defense presenting competing accounts of what happened the day Howard was killed.

If anyone in Little Woods that July remembers the shooting or has information that could clarify what happened to William Howard, please share what you know.