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On the evening of April 28, during the first weekend of Jazzfest in New Orleans, 23-year-old waiter Hilbert Walker III was shot and killed while working outside Mandina’s Restaurant in Mid-City. A 54-year-old female tourist from Chicago dining inside was also hit by a stray bullet and injured. Walker had been a standout student at Sophie B. Wright Charter School, serving as drum major and quarterback in his senior year; friends, family and former coaches remembered him as respectful, hardworking and a natural leader.

His father and brother also worked at Mandina’s, making the loss especially personal for the family and the restaurant staff. A memorial of flowers and candles grew outside the restaurant in the days after the shooting. Authorities identified and arrested 22-year-old Kyron Fazande in Houston; he was extradited to New Orleans to face second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges, and remains in custody without bond. Officials say a second, unidentified suspect was involved and no motive has been released.

Does anyone with information about that evening or the unidentified suspect contact investigators?