Damion Travis Moore Jr. was 14 and a freshman at Carroll High School when he was shot near the intersection of Sherrouse Avenue and Church Street in Monroe on the night of May 22, 2025. He had spent the evening at a friend’s house playing video games and spoke cheerfully with his mother, Shalanda Jackson, around 11:30 p.m. The shooting left him critically injured; he was taken to a hospital and died there two days later on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Family and friends held a funeral on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at the First Baptist Church. The circumstances of the shooting are described as unclear, and no details about a police investigation, suspects, or arrests have been publicly released. If anyone has information about what happened that night or Damion’s movements near Sherrouse Avenue and Church Street, please come forward.