Ernest Robertson, 39, was shot and killed on November 11, 2025, while seated in his silver four-door sedan at a Shell gas station on the 2100 block of South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood. The attack occurred about 6:35 p.m. when a person riding a small black scooter pulled up, dismounted and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, shattering the driver’s side window. Robertson was struck, taken by ambulance to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation, processed the scene and examined Robertson’s car. Authorities have not released a suspect description, motive or any arrest information, and investigators have kept details limited as the inquiry continues.

Did anyone see that scooter or the person who rode it near South Claiborne Avenue that evening?