On the night of September 25, 2023, 22-year-old Roderick Keith Guidry Jr was found fatally shot after multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire at the Live Oak Manor Apartment Complex in Abbeville, Louisiana. Officers followed a trail of blood from the apartments into a nearby pasture where Guidry’s body was located; he was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy was later performed to determine cause of death.

Police released no suspect information in the initial investigation. Investigators have suggested the killing may have been retaliatory: Guidry had been identified as a person of interest in a February 22, 2023, shooting at Za Za’s Hookah Lounge, in which another suspect later turned himself in. Less than a week after Guidry’s death a separate shooting near the same complex led to multiple arrests, but any connection to Guidry’s killing has not been confirmed. No arrests have been announced in Guidry’s homicide and the case remains under active investigation.

If anyone knew Guidry or has information about who was responsible, please contact the Abbeville Police Department.