Christopher Joseph, 28, was fatally shot in the pre-dawn hours of April 4, 2026, on the 1000 block of South Rendon Street in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans. Authorities say he suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen and was taken by private vehicle to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Section opened an investigation and canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance footage. Joseph’s death was one of three separate shootings reported over the Easter weekend; no motive has been released and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the NOPD Homicide Section or submit tips anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans. Did anyone in Gert Town see or hear anything on South Rendon Street that night?