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Brittany Thomas, 21, a nursing student from Hammond, was an innocent bystander struck during a gunfight on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in the early morning hours of June 29, 2014. Ten people were wounded in the exchange; Thomas was rushed to hospital and died of her injuries on July 2, 2014.

Investigators say the shootout began when 22-year-old Trung Le fired in retaliation over a suspected theft of marijuana, and the gunfight involved a second, unidentified shooter who is believed to have fired the fatal shot. Police named 20-year-old Justin Odom as a person of interest; he later surrendered but was not charged in the Bourbon Street shooting and was booked on unrelated warrants.

Trung Le was convicted by a jury in January 2016 of manslaughter in Thomas’s death and of attempted manslaughter for firing at the other gunman and received consecutive maximum sentences totaling 60 years. An appeals court later reduced the manslaughter conviction to negligent homicide and vacated the heavier sentence; the second shooter who likely fired the deadly shot has never been identified or apprehended.

If anyone knew Brittany or has information about the unidentified second shooter, please come forward.