On the evening of June 2, 2023, police responded to a home in the 2400 block of Allen Street in New Orleans’ 7th Ward and found 40-year-old Joycelyn Bland had been shot multiple times. A witness at the scene said Bland and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Tajee Donaldson, had argued inside the residence and that the argument turned violent; the witness reported Donaldson allegedly shot Bland three times before fleeing. Bland, a mother of three, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was reported as the ninth woman fatally shot in New Orleans in under two months.

The New Orleans Police Department identified Tajee Donaldson as the primary suspect and charged him with second-degree murder in connection with Bland’s death. Is there anyone who knew Joycelyn or who has information about that night who can help investigators?