On the evening of Thursday, May 19, 2011, 31-year-old Yancy James Young Sr. was fatally shot in a New Orleans residential neighborhood. Police responding to reports of gunfire found Young’s body and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The New Orleans Police Department issued a public appeal for information, but the case produced limited immediate progress in identifying suspects or a clear motive.

Young was a father, son, and brother. His family — including his mother, father, brother, and sisters — held a funeral service on May 27, 2011, and he was buried at Resthaven Cemetery. The homicide remains one of several unresolved killings that affected communities in the city during that period.

If anyone has information about what happened to Yancy Young on May 19, 2011, please come forward to investigators.