Jaevon Walton, 27, was killed in a targeted shooting in Harvey, Louisiana, in the early morning hours of June 3, 2023. Deputies found Walton in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 2100 block of Manhattan Boulevard around 4 a.m.; he had multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene despite medical attention.

Investigators quickly focused on a 28-year-old acquaintance, Damien Gaines. Surveillance footage and witness statements reportedly show Gaines approaching Walton’s vehicle, firing multiple shots, and fleeing; forensic evidence supplemented those leads and Gaines was arrested days later and charged with second-degree murder. No specific motive has been publicly disclosed.

Walton was a Harvey resident and Algiers native, a graduate of Edna Karr High School, a father, and worked as an Amazon driver while running a personal training business. Does anyone who knew Jaevon or who was in that area on June 3 have information to share?