Shortly before midnight on July 28, 2024, gunfire on North Harrells Ferry Road near Sherwood Forest in Baton Rouge left 57-year-old Ronnie Patrick Shief dead and another person wounded. Police responded to the scene and Shief was pronounced fatally injured; the other victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The Baton Rouge Police Department opened an investigation but, in the initial reports, provided no motive and had not identified any suspects. Family members later held funeral services for Shief. Few additional details about the shooting or its circumstances have been released.

If anyone was in the Sherwood Forest area that night or has information about the events on North Harrells Ferry Road around midnight on July 28, please share what you know with investigators.