On June 3, 2015, 21-year-old Brandon Joseph Soraparu was fatally shot in the chest in New Orleans East. Sorapuru, described as a bystander during a fight that evening, was a McDonogh 35 Senior High School graduate who later trained in welding at Delgado Community College and Nunez Community College.

Witnesses identified Torrel Knox as a primary participant in the brawl and reported seeing him run from the scene holding a gun. A search of Knox’s mother’s home near the crime scene yielded a suspected murder weapon; a towel wrapped around the gun was linked to Knox by DNA analysis. By November 2015 an arrest warrant for second-degree murder had been issued for Knox after he fled the city. He was later located and arrested by U.S. Marshals, and his mother, Shantrell Knox, was arrested on allegations of harboring him. Knox was charged with second-degree murder, public intimidation, and illegal possession of a firearm in connection with Soraparu’s death.

Does anyone have information about Brandon’s life in New Orleans East or that night in June 2015 that could help clarify what happened?