Illya Antwine ’TJ’ Winns was 22 when he was shot and killed in the early evening of January 4, 2023. The shooting occurred about 8:29 p.m. in the parking lot of the Triple S Food Mart on North Foster Drive in Baton Rouge. Responding officers found Winns with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Baton Rouge Police Department opened a homicide investigation but initially had no motive and had not identified any suspects. Very little about what led to the shooting has been made public.

If anyone has information about Winns, his movements that evening, or the shooting at Triple S Food Mart, please contact the Baton Rouge Police Department.