Gregory Montrell Smokey Keys, 25, was fatally shot in New Orleans on May 24, 2011. Another man, Kendrick Smothers, was wounded in the same attack. Reports describe the shooting as targeted and tied to a heroin trafficking organization operating in the Ninth Ward area known as the G-Strip, a group connected with the 39ers heroin-trafficking alliance in the Third and Ninth Wards.

Court records show two men were charged in Keys’ murder: Evans Lewis, known as Easy, and Gregory Stewart, who used the aliases Rabbit and D-Nice. Prosecutors say a 40-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a 7.62-caliber assault rifle were used during the attack, which occurred in the course of a drug trafficking crime.

Lewis later pleaded guilty and received a 30-year prison term with five years’ supervised release; Stewart also pleaded guilty to this murder and to other killings tied to the same heroin distribution conspiracy. If anyone knew Gregory Keys, his associates, or has information about the G-Strip activity in 2010–2011, please share what is known.