Eight-year-old Diellon Daniels, known to family as Dill or Dill Pickle, was killed on the afternoon of November 27, 2024, when a car carrying him, his pregnant mother Courtlyn Daniels, and four children was struck in a drive-by shooting on Swan Avenue in Baton Rouge. Investigators found more than 60 shell casings at the scene and say the vehicle was hit by dozens of rounds; the car later crashed in the chaos. Diellon was fatally wounded. His 7-year-old brother Denim was shot five times and an 11-year-old sister was also injured; both survived and were later released from the hospital.

Police described the attack as a deliberate act tied to rivalries between violent street groups, and investigators believe the Daniels family was caught in crossfire. The indictment that followed named four men on charges including first-degree murder, multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, and illegal use of weapons during a crime of violence. Two women were indicted as accessories after the fact in connection with the case; those two later pleaded guilty and received probation and community service.

A judge set a jury trial date for the four men charged with murder. If readers have any information about the shooting, the people involved, or Diellon’s last day, please share what is known with investigators.