Johnny Ray Green, a 44-year-old Black man, was shot and killed outside his home on Brady Street in Baton Rouge on the afternoon of September 13, 2024. Officers responding to a call around 1:45 p.m. found Green with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives opened an investigation; initially both a suspect and a motive were unknown.

A Crime Stoppers tip more than a month later pointed investigators to a young man already in custody on an unrelated matter. Police said a person was seen fleeing the scene on a bicycle with a rifle. Authorities later identified 18-year-old Anthony Torregano Hayes as a suspect and arrested him in connection with the killing. Investigators at one point considered a murder-for-hire theory, reporting an alleged $2,000 payment, but the district attorney’s office said no independent evidence supported that claim and Hayes denied it in a jail call; detectives concluded the shooting sprang from a personal argument between Hayes and Green.

The case is listed as resolved following conviction and sentencing. Does anyone have information about Green’s life in Baton Rouge or the neighborhood on Brady Street that could shed light on what happened that day?