Do you know who killed Rashad Kinebrew? Rashad Darnell Kinebrew, a 21-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on Saturday, May 3, 2014, after gunfire cut through a Lower Ninth Ward morning. Not long before noon, police were called to the intersection of Marais and Lizardi Streets, where they found him lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
In the aftermath, investigators worked the intersection for answers and recovered a handgun from beneath his body, a detail that
hinted at a confrontation but did not immediately explain who pulled the trigger or why. The shooting left neighbors with little more than the echo of shots and the uneasy quiet that follows, while detectives tried to piece together what happened in the moments before he fell.
The homicide investigation remained open, with no suspect publicly identified and no arrest listed in connection with his killing. With no charges announced and no court proceedings to follow, the case offered the community only uncertainty—an unfinished story that ended in daylight on a residential corner.
In the days after his death, those who loved him remembered him by his nickname, “RaRa,” and mourned a life that had been part of the city’s rhythms and streets. While official records marked the place and time of the killing, the rest—who was responsible, what sparked the violence, and whether anyone will ever be held to account—was left unresolved.
