A late-afternoon shooting on February 15, 2026, left 37-year-old Ricky Smith Jr. dead and three others wounded in the 13500 block of Granville Street in New Orleans. Officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s Seventh District arrived after a call at about 5:46 p.m. and found signs of a violent encounter; the four victims had already been taken to hospitals by private vehicles. Three victims, including Smith, were at one hospital and the fourth at another.

Ricky Smith Jr. was pronounced dead at the hospital. The incident has been classified as a homicide and is being handled by the NOPD Homicide Section while the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office determines the official cause of death. As of late February 2026 no arrests have been announced and police have not publicly identified any suspects.

Did anyone in the Granville Street area on the afternoon of February 15 see or hear anything that could help investigators?