Tyronne McKinnis was found dead in New Orleans on February 9, 2024. Police were called to the Tulane-Gravier neighborhood just before sunrise and officers arrived about 6:55 a.m. to the 700 block of South Galvez Street, where emergency medical personnel pronounced the 60-year-old Black man dead at the scene.

Authorities initially classified the case as an unclassified death while detectives processed the scene and gathered information. As the investigation progressed, the department announced the death had been determined to be a homicide. In the first hours investigators asked the public for help locating Edward Hayes as someone who might have information; police said he was a person of interest but was not wanted on charges at that time.

On February 20, 2024, police reported an arrest: Joel Warren was taken into custody and booked on one count of second-degree murder. Does anyone in the Tulane-Gravier area have information about McKinnis or that morning in February?