On the evening of April 20, 2023, 16-year-old Shawn Simms was fatally shot on the 5100 block of St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. The shooting also killed 20-year-old Sidney Victorian; both victims were taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation. About a week later, investigators arrested two 18-year-olds, Le’Marion Gee Gibson and Jamari Gleason, each charged with two counts of second-degree murder, and a 17-year-old male was charged with accessory to second-degree murder; the younger arrestee’s name was not released. The motive for the shooting was not immediately made public.

If anyone knew Shawn, Sidney, or has information about what happened on St. Claude Avenue that night, please share what you know with investigators.