Spencer A. Funk Smith Jr. was 28 when he was fatally shot inside a pickup truck on St. Bernard Avenue in New Orleans on the evening of December 11, 2003. A local recording artist and the son of a New Orleans police officer, his killing added to the city’s violent toll at that time.

Police investigated and booked a man named Garelle Smith in connection with Spencer Smith Jr.’s murder. Witness reluctance is reported to have hampered the case, and the charges did not result in a conviction; the case remains described as unsolved. Garelle Smith himself was later killed in August 2011, when he was found shot to death in Gentilly.

If anyone knew Spencer Smith Jr., his movements that night, or has information about the shooting or the people involved, please share what can help clarify what happened.