Robie Knight

In the pre-dawn hours of September 7, 2011, a man’s life was tragically taken on a street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Robie Knight, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed that Wednesday morning.

The Baton Rouge Police Department received a call shortly before 3:30 a.m. directing them to the 2400 block of Louisiana Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Mr. Knight lying in the roadway. He had sustained fatal gunshot wounds.

Investigators immediately began working to piece together the events that led to the shooting. However, authorities did not release any information about a potential motive for the crime. No suspects were publicly identified in connection with Mr. Knight's death.

The police investigation was ongoing in the days that followed the homicide. As of September 2011, no arrests had been made, and the case of who killed Robie Knight remains unsolved.