On the afternoon of July 10, 2012, in the 2400 block of Arts Street in New Orleans, 18-year-old Jaquon Jasper Pittman was found fatally shot in the chest in the backyard of his grandmother’s home. The shooting occurred at about 2:00 p.m.; neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots. A woman identified by family as his girlfriend was with him and suffered a non-life-threatening graze wound.

Pittman was days away from enlisting in the Air National Guard when he was killed. Family members say two gunmen fired more than a dozen shots before fleeing. First responders pronounced Pittman dead at the scene. The New Orleans Police Department lists the case as an open homicide; no arrests have been announced and there are no publicly identified suspects. A Crimestoppers reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that afternoon that could help investigators?