Brice Parker, 45, was shot and killed inside a Mid-City home in New Orleans in the early morning of Tuesday, June 19, 2012. The shooting occurred about 1:15 a.m. in the 300 block of North Miro Street; Parker was taken to a hospital but did not survive. Detectives processed the quiet residential scene through the morning, but police publicly withheld a motive or a named suspect.

A striking detail that unnerved neighbors was that hours before the killing a previously recorded television segment showing a drug-bust at 325 North Miro Street had aired on Spike TV’s Undercover Stings. In that segment Parker was seen speaking with police, and some acquaintances told local media they feared the broadcast might have made him a target. Investigators, however, said they could not confirm a link between the TV episode, the alleged earlier bust, and the murder.

No public announcement of an arrest, identified suspect, or charges connected to Parker’s killing appeared in contemporaneous reporting. If anyone knew Brice Parker or has information about the shooting, please contact Crimestoppers.