Leonel Valey-Morales, 27, was fatally shot in the early hours of May 26, 2024, on the 300 block of Riverlon Avenue in Baton Rouge. At about 3:03 a.m., multiple gunshots were reported and police found Valey-Morales and another man with gunshot wounds. Emergency responders pronounced Valey-Morales dead at the scene; the other man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Homicide detectives began investigating immediately but the motive and circumstances of the shooting remained unclear. In the weeks after the killing, investigators identified a suspect and an arrest was made on June 11, 2024. The details that led to the confrontation on Riverlon Avenue have not been released.

If anyone has information about Leonel’s movements that morning or saw anything on Riverlon Avenue around 3 a.m., please come forward to help the family and investigators.