Kevin Thomas Jr. was 15 when he was shot and killed in the late hours of October 19, 2015, at the Tanglewood apartment complex in the 1000 block of Sycamore Drive in Westwego, Louisiana. A student at L.W. Higgins High School, he had been lured from his family’s apartment under the pretense of a marijuana transaction. While talking with several others in the parking lot an altercation broke out; Kevin tried to flee back to his apartment but was shot multiple times in the back. He collapsed in the living room and died in his mother’s arms after emergency calls were placed.

Investigators said the shooting was retaliation for an allegedly stolen gun. Two 16-year-old boys were arrested and booked with second-degree murder; one was taken into custody at his mother’s home in Kenner and the other turned himself in. One of the teens, Chamid Davis, was convicted of second-degree murder in March 2018 and sentenced in April 2018 to life with parole eligibility after 25 years; Kevin’s mother delivered an impact statement at sentencing.

If anyone knew Kevin, saw activity that night at Tanglewood, or has information about the people involved, please share what is known.