Glenn Allen Curtis was a Black man, 23, who died on November 20, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana. That Tuesday afternoon, violence found him along Tchoupitoulas Street near the intersection with St. James Street, an area lined with traffic, businesses, and a steady flow of people going about an ordinary day.
According to police information reported at the time, officers were called out around 3 p.m. to the 1600 block of Tchoupitoulas Street.
When they arrived, Curtis was discovered lying on his back with a gunshot wound to the chest. The initial reports described it as a developing investigation, with authorities working the scene and trying to piece together what led to the shooting and who was responsible.
In the public records and reporting available online from sources found for this case, no suspect was named and no arrest, charge, trial, or conviction was documented in connection with Curtis’s killing. The available accounts focus on the immediate discovery of the shooting, the location and timing, and the fact that the investigation was underway, but they do not publicly identify a shooter or describe a break in the case.
As his family prepared to say goodbye, Curtis was remembered not as a headline but as someone deeply woven into the lives around him. A published obituary described him leaving behind a young daughter, along with his mother, stepfather, siblings, grandparents, and other relatives and friends who carried his memory forward, gathering for a memorial service in early December 2018.
