On the afternoon of March 2, 2010, 24-year-old James Celestine was shot and killed in the 1200 block of France Street in the St. Claude neighborhood of New Orleans, between Urquhart and Marais streets. The New Orleans Police Department received a report at 4:58 p.m.; officers who arrived found Celestine lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was a resident of the same neighborhood where the shooting occurred.

Reports from the time describe the circumstances of the killing but do not name any suspects or describe arrests. The investigation was handled by the New Orleans Police Department, and no subsequent announcements of breakthroughs or arrests are included in those reports. Celestine’s death is listed on the National Gun Violence Memorial.

If anyone has information about what happened on France Street that afternoon or knows anything about this case, please share what you know with the investigators handling it.