On January 4, 2010, 21-year-old Casimere Rodney Quillens was found dead inside a car on Pleasure Street in New Orleans after firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire at about 2 p.m. Emergency crews discovered that Quillens had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Police quickly identified and arrested two men in connection with the killing: 21-year-old Alphonse Gilmore and 24-year-old Averill Johnson, both booked on first-degree murder charges. Quillens was a father to three children — Cassi Quillens, Camron Morris, and Roshawn Beaulieu — and a father figure to two others. He was the son of Sherlyn Quillens and the late Ricky Quillens and left behind numerous siblings and friends in the New Orleans community.

Are there readers who knew Casimere or who remember events from that day and can share information?