Jaden Brown, 21, of Houston was shot and killed inside an apartment unit on the 2300 block of Severn Avenue in Metairie on April 17, 2026. Deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about 10:30 p.m. and found Brown unresponsive in the living room with at least one gunshot wound to the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office later identified him and his obituary noted surviving parents Jason Brown and Katrelle Gabriel, siblings, and other relatives.

Funeral services were scheduled for May 2, 2026, at Marine Baptist Church in New Orleans. Investigators arrested 23-year-old Shaquille Lemay of New Orleans at the apartment complex parking lot and booked him on a charge of second-degree murder; officials did not release a motive and did not say whether a weapon was recovered or if Brown and Lemay knew one another.

Does anyone have information about Brown’s movements that night or about who else was at the apartment?