Erik Mukhtar was 25 when he was fatally shot on November 12, 2023, in the 14700 block of Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified him on November 15 and listed gunshot wound injuries as the cause of death.

The New Orleans Police Department Homicide Section later identified 25-year-old Travis Brown as the perpetrator and obtained an arrest warrant charging him with second-degree murder. Members of the NOPD Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals located and arrested Brown at a Seventh District residence on January 19, 2024; he was taken to be booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.

If anyone witnessed activity on Chef Menteur Highway that night or has other information about Erik Mukhtar’s killing, please share what is known.