Sidney Nelson Jr was a 16-year-old student at Central Lafourche High School and a native of Raceland, Louisiana, living in Schriever when his life was cut short in the spring of 2023. On the afternoon of Monday, April 24, 2023, residents in a quiet Houma neighborhood heard multiple gunshots shortly before 3:00 p.m. in the 2600 block of Payne Street. A local reverend found Sidney face-down in the grass; when Houma police arrived they found him deceased from gunshot wounds.

Detectives moved quickly and within days identified three suspects and obtained second-degree murder arrest warrants naming 18-year-old Triston Butler, 18-year-old Kayon Smith, both from East Houma, and an unnamed 16-year-old juvenile. Butler was taken into custody April 27, and the juvenile surrendered after police contacted his family with help from a community partner. By early May 2023 the juvenile had been indicted on second-degree murder and Butler and Smith were awaiting grand jury action.

Does anyone in the area remember seeing Sidney that afternoon or have information about the 2600 block of Payne Street on April 24, 2023?