On the evening of Friday, April 1, 2022, Dorian Michael Lewis, a 34-year-old man, was found shot to death in the Behrman neighborhood of Algiers on the West Bank of New Orleans. The New Orleans Police Department reported that officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of Garden Oaks Drive after receiving a call about a man down. Upon arrival, they discovered Mr. Lewis lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office later publicly identified Dorian Michael Lewis as one of three men killed in separate shootings in the city that week. Despite the initial investigation, information regarding a motive for the shooting or any potential suspects was not immediately released to the public.
Details about the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain scarce in the publicly available information. It is not clear if there were any witnesses to the incident or what the police investigation has yielded in the time since Mr. Lewis’s death. There have been no subsequent announcements regarding any arrests made or suspects identified in connection with the homicide. The case, like many others, highlights the ongoing issue of gun violence in the city.
