Leon Ward, 42, was killed in a shooting on December 6, 2025, in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward. Officers responding to a report near Old Roman and Aubry Streets found him inside a residence with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. The Orleans Parish Coroner identified Ward as one of two people killed in separate shootings across the city that weekend, the other victim being 43-year-old Herman A. Jacques.

As of the initial investigation, no motive or suspect descriptions had been released. Detectives asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Section or submit anonymous tips to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans as they worked to gather evidence and identify those responsible.

Did anyone in the Seventh Ward see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?