On March 26, 2024, at about 4:28 p.m. gunfire broke out at the Colonial Terrace apartment complex on Wooddale Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Twenty-three-year-old Jashawn Neal was found by homicide detectives with fatal gunshot wounds. A one-year-old child was also struck and taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Within days police arrested a 17-year-old male, named in reports as Cameron Moore, on charges including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, plus illegal use of a weapon, obstruction of justice and an active warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Prosecutors later obtained an indictment sending Moore to adult court; the charges were listed as second-degree murder for Neal’s death and attempted second-degree murder for the infant’s shooting.

Motive and the nature of any relationship between Neal and Moore have not been released. Does anyone have information about what happened at Colonial Terrace that afternoon?