Corey Warmington, 32, was killed on the evening of New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2023, in Westwego, Louisiana, when a stray bullet from a nearby shooting entered his apartment at the Cypress Cove complex and struck him. He was not involved in the earlier incident that set events in motion: a woman’s car had been stolen and recovered on the 900 block of Beechgrove Boulevard in Bridge City; after she notified the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and waited for a replacement key, the suspected car thieves returned and opened fire on her around 9 p.m. The woman was not injured, but one of the rounds penetrated a window and killed Warmington inside his residence.

Authorities have said Warmington had no involvement in the car theft or the shooting. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office was investigating and seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects; no arrests had been announced as of early 2024. If anyone has information about the shooting or the people who returned to the scene that night, please share what you know with investigators.