In the early morning hours of May 14, 2016, a single phone call captured the final, tragic moments of 38-year-old Travis Darries's life. He was on the line with his girlfriend, Diana Morris, at approximately 2:30 a.m., having just returned to his New Orleans apartment after feeling unwell. As he made his way to his front door, the conversation was abruptly shattered by the sound of a man's scream, followed by what Morris described as gunshots fired so close it sounded as though they were shot
directly into the phone.
Morris, a nurse on a night shift at a local hospital, was consumed with a growing sense of dread. She anxiously monitored the emergency room's patient list, praying to see Darries's name appear, but it never did. Compelled by a terrible premonition, she drove to his street, arriving only in time to see the coroner's van pulling away from the scene. Travis Darries, a male, was pronounced dead at his own front door, the victim of a sudden and violent attack.
In the immediate aftermath, the New Orleans Police Department began their investigation into the homicide. Morris recounted the chilling phone call to detectives, expressing her belief that Darries had been targeted, though she could offer no reason why. Despite her daily communication with the lead homicide detective, weeks after the shooting, authorities had not publicly identified any suspects or a possible motive for the killing. The investigation into the death of Travis Darries was left with more questions than answers, leaving his loved ones to grapple with the shocking and unresolved nature of his death. Darries was survived by his parents, Cassandra and Willie Darries, five children, and numerous other relatives and friends.
