David Atkins, 18, was shot multiple times and killed inside a Washington Avenue home in Baton Rouge on February 10, 2024. A 17-year-old male was also shot and survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Police described the incident as a targeted, retaliatory act and said the shooting followed an attempted robbery of a rifle.

Atkins had escaped from the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Facility in November 2023; he was housed there on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in a 2021 incident. Authorities say Travelle Burris, 19, and two others went to the Washington Avenue residence to rob Atkins of the firearm, an altercation occurred, and multiple people shot Atkins before fleeing.

A grand jury later indicted Travelle Burris and Treylen Williams on second-degree murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; two 17-year-olds, Mark Burris and Jason Sheppard, were charged with first-degree murder. Did anyone in the Baton Rouge community see activity around Washington Avenue that afternoon or know more about the people involved?