Daon M. Scott, 23, was found fatally shot in the early morning hours of April 27, 2024 near BREC’s Longfellow Park on Longfellow Drive in Baton Rouge. Police discovered his body at about 3:15 a.m.; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Baton Rouge Police Department initially reported no immediately known motive or suspects.

Investigators later made arrests: on May 1, 2024 two 16-year-old males were taken into custody and booked into the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center on charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon. On May 21, 2024 a third person, Taylor Nelson, 21, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a charge of principal to second-degree murder. Authorities indicated the shooting was tied to a series of retaliatory acts of violence in the area.

If anyone has information about Scott, his activities that night, or the broader pattern of retaliatory violence in that neighborhood, please share what is known.