A Christmas night celebration in Olde Towne Slidell, Louisiana, turned deadly on December 25, 2013, when a dispute that began inside a bar spilled into the street and gunfire erupted into a crowd of about 75 people. Twenty-three-year-old Mark Womack, a graduating senior at Southeastern Louisiana University and a former Slidell High School football player, was not involved in the initial altercation. He was struck in the crossfire, was critically injured, and died at a local hospital on December 26, 2013.

The shooting also killed 22-year-old Errol Scott at the scene and wounded six others. Within two days police arrested 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted first-degree murder. Later developments in the case included a guilty plea to lesser manslaughter and attempted manslaughter counts and a 40-year sentence, and Womack’s family has honored his memory with student scholarships.