In the late afternoon hours of Saturday, September 19, 2015, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 37-year-old Kendrick Ross was discovered in his vehicle on Avis Avenue with a gunshot wound to his head. Emergency services transported him to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries the following morning, on Sunday, September 20, 2015. Ross was a married father of seven children.
At the time of the incident, authorities with the Baton Rouge Police Department stated that the motive for the
shooting was unknown, and they had not identified any suspects. The investigation into the death of Kendrick Ross was ongoing, but no arrests were immediately made. His wife, Kristin, expressed her shock and devastation, stating she had no idea why anyone would target her husband. She recalled their last conversation, in which he said he would be home before dark. The couple had been looking forward to a cruise they had planned to take together in the coming weeks.
Despite the initial investigation and appeals to the public for information, there have been no subsequent announcements regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the years following the death of Kendrick Ross. The case remains unresolved, leaving his family and community without answers or a sense of justice for his untimely death. The circumstances surrounding the shooting and the reasons behind it are still unclear, and the case has seemingly grown cold.
