On the evening of May 9, 2020, 21-year-old Jaharold Javondrick Sereal was killed in a shooting in New Iberia, Louisiana. Emergency responders found Sereal with fatal gunshot wounds; two children at the scene were also wounded and taken to a local hospital. The New Iberia Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information, but the case file released to date does not include a motive or named suspects.

In the weeks after the shooting law enforcement continued to seek community assistance. The investigation remained open and Sereal’s family and the local community have been left without resolution.

If anyone has information about the shooting on May 9, 2020, or recalls relevant activity in New Iberia that evening, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.