On March 19, 2024, around 3:15 p.m., 61-year-old Dwain Fleming was shot and killed in the 100 block of South 18th Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officers who responded to the scene found Fleming had already succumbed to his injuries. His death was recorded as the 26th homicide in the city that year.

Fleming was a self-employed mechanic and is remembered by family as a good father, brother, uncle, and friend. He left behind two sons and several grandchildren; relatives described him as funny with the brightest smile. The motive for the shooting was not clear in the early stages, and the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Homicide Division asked the public for information while the case remained open.

Did anyone in the Baton Rouge area see or hear anything on South 18th Street around midafternoon on March 19 that could help investigators?