On the late afternoon of November 30, 2024, gunfire erupted on the 6700 block of Tara Lane in New Orleans’ Westlake Forest neighborhood. Police found 21-year-old Rashada Richardson and 18-year-old Wayne Orsin inside an apartment complex; both had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office later confirmed the preliminary cause of death as gunshot-related injuries.

New Orleans Police Department Homicide Section detectives focused the investigation on two individuals, identified as Darrell Fairley Jr. and Cornelius G. Tillman. Warrants charging each with two counts of second-degree murder were obtained, and both men were located and taken into custody on December 5, 2024, then booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center. Authorities said multiple tips from the community helped lead to physical evidence recovered from the scene. Both suspects are being held on $500,000 bond as proceedings continue.

If anyone knew Rashada or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward to investigators.