On Christmas Eve 2016, 35-year-old Russell Whittington was fatally shot in the head during a drive-by shooting in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. The killing occurred amid a wave of holiday violence in the city and was reported as part of that grim pattern.

Whittington, an African-American male, has not been linked publicly to any suspects and no arrests have been announced. The New Orleans Police Department lists the case as unsolved; investigators cite a lack of leads and the degradation of evidence over time as hurdles to progress.

Anyone with information about Russell Whittington’s movements that night, potential witnesses, or tips that could help investigators is asked to come forward.