On July 26, 2023, 19-year-old Malik Clark was shot and killed in downtown Baton Rouge around 2:50 a.m. on South River Road near the Raising Cane’s River Center. Clark, a Second Chance Academy graduate who worked as a janitor, was pronounced dead at the scene and was remembered by his mother as the family comedian who loved horses.

Initial Baton Rouge Police Department reports described the shooting as stemming from a domestic dispute and led to the arrest of 23-year-old Javorie Springer on second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon charges. A grand jury later declined to indict Springer and he was released. Subsequent investigation shifted the narrative: police now allege Clark and a 19-year-old woman, Raiyion Harris, planned to rob an individual and that the intended victim shot Clark. In February 2024 Raiyion Harris was arrested and booked on charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in connection with the incident.

Does anyone have information about Clark’s movements that night or knew him and can help clarify what happened?