Eli Mcgee

Eli McGee was a 29-year-old Black man whose life was cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in January 2011.

Late on a Tuesday night, shortly before 11 p.m., two men knocked on the door of McGee’s home on Shay Avenue. When he answered, an argument broke out between him and the visitors. The confrontation escalated, and one of the men shot McGee in the stomach. Both suspects immediately fled the scene.

McGee was rushed to a local hospital for treatment of the critical injury. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, he succumbed to the gunshot wound and died on Wednesday morning.

The Baton Rouge Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but the two men responsible for the shooting have not been identified. No arrests have been made in connection with Eli McGee’s death. As of January 2011, the case remains unsolved. Authorities have asked that anyone with information about the shooting call the Baton Rouge Police at 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at 344-STOP.