Kyle KJ Earthly Jr. was 18 and a senior at Broadmoor High School when he was shot dead in the late afternoon of December 23, 2024, in the 15000 block of Old Hammond Highway in Baton Rouge. The shooter fled on foot and the car subsequently crossed multiple lanes and crashed.

Investigators identified Howze from surveillance footage and he was arrested after eight days at large. He was initially charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice; a grand jury later added a count of possession of a machine gun. Bond was first set at $150,000, which the family criticized; after bond violations while on house arrest led to his return to custody, a judge revoked that bond and set a new bond of $650,000. Howze has pleaded not guilty and his defense plans to assert self-defense.

Does anyone have information about Kyle’s movements that afternoon or the stop at Best Buy?