Tavis Curtis

Tavis Curtis, 32, a Black man from New Orleans, died after a shooting that unfolded late at night, the kind of sudden violence that shatters the ordinary rhythm of a city and leaves an emptiness that never quite fits into words. He was shot near the intersection of Tchoupitoulas Street and Peniston Street, and when officers arrived, they found him in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. In those moments, there is always a rush of motion and noise around the victim, but for the person at the ...