Lester Joseph Reed Jr., a 32-year-old Black man from Baton Rouge, died on Sunday, November 23, 2014. Memorial listings and a public obituary indicate his death involved gun violence in Baton Rouge that night, but the notices do not describe the circumstances or identify a shooter.

The obituary focused on funeral arrangements and family, naming his mother Ruby Reed, siblings, grandparents, and extended relatives. Visitation was held at Community Bible Baptist Church on Monte Sano Avenue, with burial at Thomas Chapel Cemetery in Baker; the funeral home handling arrangements was listed in the notice.

Online material readily available does not name suspects or report arrests, charges, trials, or convictions. If anyone has information about what happened to Lester Reed on November 23, 2014, please share what is known.