In the early morning hours of January 5, 2025, two unidentified gunmen opened fire outside a bar in the 500 block of Ames Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana. Their intended target escaped uninjured, but bullets struck bystanders including 36-year-old Curtis Lawrence of New Orleans and a woman. The woman’s wounds were reported as non-life-threatening; Lawrence was critically wounded and transported to a medical facility.

Curtis Lawrence died from his injuries on February 28, 2025, and the case was subsequently classified as a homicide. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating and searching for the two shooters; no arrests have been announced and the suspects remain at large. Few other public details about the incident have been released.

If anyone was at the bar that night or has information about the two shooters, please share what is known with investigators.