Shaquille Michael Cooper, 29, was shot in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans on the evening of April 6, 2022. Police were called to the 1800 block of Music Street at about 8:36 p.m.; emergency medical services took Cooper to a hospital, but he died of multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced at 8:51 p.m. The New Orleans Police Department classified the case as a homicide and opened an investigation.

A lifelong New Orleans resident born April 22, 1992, Cooper graduated high school through Penn Foster and is survived by his mother and two brothers.

Anyone with information about what happened on Music Street that night is asked to come forward.