Shortly before dawn on Monday, January 30, 2023, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a Waffle House on Rieger Road in Baton Rouge. Inside a car struck repeatedly by bullets, two men were found dead; one was 33-year-old Leonard Michael Leslie, known as Dookie. A 37-year-old man, Horace Watson, was also pronounced dead at the scene when deputies from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office arrived around 3 a.m.

The vehicle was heavily damaged, with numerous bullet holes through the windows and doors, spent shell casings scattered around, and bullets that struck the nearby restaurant. Investigators described the attack as a targeted ambush, and witnesses told reporters the shooter or shooters appeared to have been waiting for the victims. The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers; at the time of these reports no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were announced.

Leslie was born May 24, 1989, was a John McDonald Senior High School graduate, worked as a laborer and was the father of two children. Does anyone who knew Leonard or his routines have information that could help the ongoing investigation?