Jyran Johnson

Death by Force

Jyran Johnson, a 17-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in New Orleans on the evening of October 6, 2025. Officers were called to the 3700 block of Texas Drive in Algiers around 8 p.m., where they found him with a gunshot wound; New Orleans EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. He was a junior at L.B. Landry High School, and witnesses and relatives said he still wore his school uniform when he was found. His mother and school community soon identified him publicly, and his death was noted in a ...Read More

wwltv.com: 17-year-old L.B. Landry student killed in Algiers shooting

NOLA.com: Man shot dead in Algiers homicide, New Orleans police say

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