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The family of a recent Tulane University graduate is pleading for answers after he was found shot to death early Saturday on Amelia Street.Thomas Rolfes was identified as the victim by family members who reached out to WDSU reporter Travers Mackel. Rolfes was found dead just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday on Amelia Street at Claiborne Avenue.A spokesperson for the New Orleans Police Department said the coroner's office is expected to officially identify the body of the man, who family members said is Rolfes, and determine the official cause of death.Detectives said the victim was shot in the chest. The Police Department has not released a description of the shooter.Related: NOPD officers find man shot to death on Amelia StreetWhile the Police Department continues its investigation, family members of Rolfes have traveled to New Orleans to plead for whoever is responsible for fatally shooting the former Tulane student or anyone with information in the case to come forward.Rolfes' family, who live in St. Louis, Missouri, said he was most recently living in Greenville, South Carolina, working as a project manager for a construction firm. He graduated from Tulane in 2011."It is the worst nightmare. I hope we can locate the person who did this and took him from our family," said Julie Rolfes, Thomas' mother.His family said Rolfes was in New Orleans with his fiancee looking for a wedding venue. His fiancee, originally from Rhode Island, is also a Tulane graduate and the two were engaged last month."He was here to start the next chapter of his life. He was meeting his fiancee to visit venues for their wedding. It was the next chapter; our firstborn was marrying this beautiful girl," Julie Rolfes said.Sources at the Police Department said detectives are gathering surveillance video from the area where Rolfes was shot and killed. Rolfes arrived Friday afternoon in New Orleans and had gone out with friends to an Uptown bar.According to police sources and the family, he was last seen on surveillance video around 3:30 am Saturday at a gas station near Claiborne Avenue buying two bottles of water."If they saw anything that can help us find what happened to our son and give us peace, (so) we know how the last hour of his life was spent," Julie Rolfes said."I don't want this to happen to anyone else's son," said Ron Rolfes, Thomas' father. "I want whoever did this to be put away, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else."Thomas Rolfes was the oldest of four children, who are all currently in New Orleans with their parents.Stay with WDSU-TV and WDSU.com as information is released. Tune in for WDSU News at 10 for an interview with Rolfes' family in New Orleans.Anyone with information that could help detectives is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here.Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!