On the evening of December 31, 2023, a celebration on Sycamore Street in Alexandria, Louisiana, ended in gunfire. Police were called to the 2200 block of East Sycamore Street at about 8:50 PM and found 21-year-old Trewande Cordell Vallery deceased from a gunshot wound. Earlier that night, roughly half an hour before, another shooting on West Sycamore Street wounded one person; authorities have not confirmed whether the two incidents were connected.

A 33-year-old man, Telvin Gullette of Alexandria, turned himself in on January 2, 2024 and was charged with second-degree murder in connection with Vallery’s death. Vallery’s mother, Crystal, publicly thanked the Alexandria Police Department detective, the prosecutor’s team, and eyewitnesses who came forward. What information can anyone add about Vallery’s last hours or the events on Sycamore Street that night?