Virice Anthony Ambrose was 40 when he was killed by gunfire in New Orleans on the evening of Thursday, September 21, 2023. He sustained fatal gunshot wounds in the city’s 7th Ward and was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office after the New Orleans Police Department responded to the scene.

Investigators arrested a man who was later booked on a murder charge in connection with the shooting. Reports say the arrested individual told authorities he fired a weapon through a door, claiming he acted to defend his mother; that statement became part of the developing case as prosecutors prepared to sort out the sequence of events and legal issues.

What information do readers in New Orleans have about Ambrose, the 7th Ward scene that night, or the events leading up to the shooting?