On the evening of December 20, 2023, a verbal dispute in the 2600 block of Convention Street in Baton Rouge turned deadly when 44-year-old Derrick Broadway, a Black man, was shot at about 7:19 p.m. Emergency services transported Broadway to a nearby hospital, where he later died of his injuries. The Baton Rouge Police Department’s Homicide Division opened an investigation and identified a suspect, 27-year-old Travell Winfrey, who left the state after the shooting.

Investigators located and arrested Travell Winfrey on January 18, 2024, in Huntersville, North Carolina; he was extradited to Louisiana and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count of second-degree murder. Funeral services for Derrick Broadway were held February 10, 2024, at Hall Davis and Sons Funeral Home, with interment at Roselawn Memorial Park. The investigation and legal process remain ongoing.

If anyone knew Derrick Broadway or witnessed the events on Convention Street that evening, please share what you know.