On October 15, 2025, Marvin Tolliver, a 29-year-old barber, was fatally shot at the Fade District Barbershop on Greenwell Springs Road in Baton Rouge. The shooting followed a dispute that began when a customer, Sylvester Bouligny III, was told his 4 p.m. tattoo appointment would have to wait or be rescheduled because he arrived late. Bouligny left and later returned with others; an argument over a non-refundable $150 deposit escalated, and Bouligny allegedly struck the tattoo artist.

During the ensuing fight, two men who had accompanied Bouligny opened fire inside the shop. Tolliver, described as an innocent bystander who had reportedly attempted to de-escalate the situation, was struck and killed. Police arrested five people connected to the shooting: Bouligny was taken into custody the day after the incident and charged with principal to second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon. In the months that followed, Travis Kenney Jr. and Gregory Stewart Jr. were arrested in November and charged with second-degree murder; 19-year-old Reginald Grimes Jr. was arrested at the end of December by the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force and charged with second-degree murder; and Gianni Rankins was arrested in mid-January and also charged with second-degree murder.

What information can anyone who was at or around the barbershop that evening add about how the confrontation started or who fired the shots?