A midday shooting in Hollygrove ended 25-year-old Nathaniel Allen’s life on March 18, 2010. Known as Nizzy to friends and family, Allen and 37-year-old Corey Weaver of Kenner were found fatally wounded in the 4200 block of Hollygrove Street near Pear Street after police responded to reports of gunfire around 10:20 a.m.

A teenager was arrested in connection with the double homicide and later entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, beginning a legal process to assess the young man’s mental state and responsibility for the killings of Allen and Weaver. Allen was a father to Nathaniel Allen Jr. and Nataisa Allen and the son of the late Nathaniel Miller and Carmen Franklin. His funeral was at Rhodes Chapel on Washington Avenue and he was buried at Resthaven Cemetery.

Are there readers who knew Nathaniel, his family, or who have information about the shooting that could help the investigation?