Barry Blackwell was 29 when he was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle on the Broad Street overpass in New Orleans on February 27, 2015. The shooting happened in the late morning near the city’s criminal justice complex. A second person in the car, reportedly a court employee, was wounded and taken to a local hospital.

Emergency responders found Blackwell with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead on the overpass. The Orleans Parish Coroner identified him as the victim. The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation but did not release a motive or detailed suspect descriptions in initial reports.

No public announcement of any arrest, charge, trial, or conviction has been made; the identity of the shooter or shooters remains unknown and the case is unsolved. If anyone has information about Barry Blackwell or the shooting on Broad Street overpass, please come forward.