Keisha Cherrie Gray, 34, was shot and killed on June 1, 2023, inside her Broadmoor home in New Orleans. A mother of three and a graduate of McDonogh 35 High School and Delgado Community College, she was found on the kitchen floor with at least one gunshot wound while her children, including an infant, were in the residence. Family described her as a kind and devoted mother.

The initial 911 call came from Lostin Lee, the father of her two youngest children, who told police the shooting occurred after an argument and that he shot her in self-defense, saying she had come at him with a knife. Investigators later found two knives under Ms. Gray’s legs and noted she did not have a knife in her hand when discovered, and they believed the scene had been staged. Lee told police he removed the children after the shooting and went to his mother’s house and a restaurant before returning to the home to notify authorities.

Anyone who knew Keisha or was in the Broadmoor area that day and has information is asked to come forward.