An 18-year-old musician from the Andrews family, Revell Dewan ’Velly Vell’ Andrews, was shot and killed on the afternoon of Monday, June 26, 2023, in New Orleans. Police found Revell inside a vehicle in the 2500 block of St. Claude Avenue at about 2:45 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a single bullet fired through the passenger window while he rode as a passenger in a Jeep at a gas station.

Revell was a recent McDonough 35 High School graduate, an aspiring tuba player intending to attend Southern University, and remembered as a straight-A student with a sweet nature. Investigators circulated a bulletin seeking a person of interest and a black Mazda SUV; the probe led to the identification of a 14-year-old male as the suspect and an arrest warrant for murder.

On June 28, 2023, the youth was brought to the Fifth District station by his mother and taken into custody. Anyone with information about what happened that afternoon is asked to come forward.