Sully Rosanne Simmons was 33 when she was shot to death on April 25, 2023, while seated in her parked car near her home in New Orleans. Witnesses said a car pulled up alongside hers and multiple shots were fired, shattering the windows and striking her several times; first responders took her to a hospital where she died. Her two-year-old son was secured in the backseat and was unharmed.

Family members called Simmons a devoted and loving mother. Her father said the loss was devastating, noting Sully was killed on the birthday of her sister Kody, who had also been a victim of gun violence years earlier; he suggested the shooting might have stemmed from a tragic misunderstanding. The New Orleans Police Department processed a scene with numerous bullet holes in the vehicle and asked anyone with information to come forward. Has anyone in New Orleans seen or heard anything that could help this investigation?