On the evening of February 13, 2023, a triple shooting near Acre Road and Buccola Avenue in Marrero, Louisiana, left 26-year-old Norman Bell dead. Bell, a Black man from Avondale, was one of three people struck by gunfire; two others were treated for their wounds, one at the scene and another later at West Jefferson Medical Center. Bell was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has assigned its homicide section to investigate. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The circumstances leading up to the shooting and any possible motive have not been released.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity in the area that evening, please contact the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.