Eugene Collin Cooper, 29, was killed by gun violence in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Born March 7, 1996, in New Orleans, he graduated from Warren Easton Senior High School and earned a degree from Nunez Community College in 2020. He worked as a sales associate at Walgreens.

Reports say a person was detained by authorities in connection with the Central City shooting. The New Orleans coroner’s office identified Cooper as a homicide victim. He was one of two people killed in separate shootings that week.

Cooper is survived by his parents, two children, two brothers, and a sister. A celebration of his life was held March 29, 2025, at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, with interment at Providence Memorial Park in Metairie. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Eugene, please share what you know.