On January 7, 2025, at about 12:10 p.m., 38-year-old Geron Elzie was found unresponsive at the intersection of North Galvez Street and Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans after reports of a shooting. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Fifth District officers and EMS responded; the New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation.

Detectives identified Marvin Banks as a suspect and he was arrested on January 11, 2025, in the Seventh District; he was charged with second-degree murder and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center. Investigators later identified a second person, Sterling Pepe, who was located and arrested on February 13, 2025, and charged with second-degree murder as well.

Both men are accused in Elzie’s death. Does anyone have information about Geron Elzie’s movements that day or witnessed the shooting at North Galvez and Elysian Fields?