Ferdinand Alfred Alexander, 51, was shot and killed during a neighborhood dispute on January 24, 2023, in the 4500 block of Perlita Street in New Orleans. Known to friends and family as Goon or Ferd, he was found with a gunshot wound after officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s Third District responded about 2:01 p.m. He was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead; the Orleans Parish Coroner listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound.

Investigators quickly focused on a neighbor, Tracey Wright, as the suspect. Wright was not at the scene but was later arrested on February 3, 2023, in the Fifth District. Authorities charged him with second-degree murder; prosecutors said the confrontation escalated into a shooting and presented messages in which Wright threatened violence. A knife was found among Alexander’s possessions and testimony at trial described the gun being fired from more than two feet away.

Anyone who knew Ferdinand, his routines, or saw activity around Perlita Street on January 24, 2023, is asked to share information that could help clarify what happened.