Joseph Jermaine Byrd was 24 when he was shot and killed after stepping outside an apartment on Hollygrove Street to take a phone call on June 8, 2005. Friends inside heard screaming and banging; when they opened the door someone on the other side was holding Byrd by his shirt. He broke free and stumbled back inside but had been shot multiple times.

Detective Winston Harbin was assigned, but the investigation was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina’s arrival a few months later and the case went cold. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made. Byrd’s family continues to live with the loss while the person who shot him has not been found.

If anyone has information about Joseph Jermaine Byrd or that night on Hollygrove Street, please come forward.