On July 27, 2025, around 1 a.m., gunfire erupted on the Crescent City Connection bridge in New Orleans. Vincent Robertson, 27, was fatally shot while traveling in a vehicle across the westbound lanes. The shooting also injured another person and damaged several vehicles that were caught in the chaos.

Homicide detectives with the New Orleans Police Department identified a suspect and a warrant was issued for 23-year-old Jawuan Riley on one count of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder. An obituary for Vincent Robertson listed a brother named Jawuan Riley, indicating a familial link between the victim and the person wanted in the case. The motive has not been released.

What did readers in New Orleans see or hear that night on the Crescent City Connection bridge that might help clarify what happened?