Torey Payne, an 18-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Harvey, Louisiana on the evening of July 30, 2017. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. in the 1600 block of Ester Street while Payne was inside a stolen 2014 Toyota Tacoma pickup with several other people. A group of unidentified young men approached the vehicle and opened fire.

After the shooting, the others in the truck drove Payne to Algiers and then to Ochsner Medical Center on the West Bank; he was later transferred to University Hospital. Payne died of a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the morning of July 31, 2017. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation but reported no identified suspects or motive; the case remained unsolved and no arrests had been announced.

Did anyone in the Harvey or Algiers area see the Toyota Tacoma that evening or have information about the group who approached the truck?