Police have arrested two suspects in crimes committed in Gentilly neighborhoods, a carjacking that occurred Thursday (June 3) and a shooting that occurred May 31. The carjacking occurred in the 1500 block of Burbank Street at about 2 p.m. on...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Operation Golden Eagle, the new collaborative partnership between the Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department, began Tuesday (June 1). Though Mayor LaToya Cantrell is unable to quantify exactly how many state troopers...
A man was killed in a shooting near the interstate on Tuesday morning, the New Orleans Police Department reported. A call reporting gunfire near Abundance Street and St. Roch Avenue was received at 6:08 a.m. When officers arrived, they discovered...
A woman is hospitalized with a gunshot wound, a man is arrested and two New Orleans police officers are on desk duty after a domestic disturbance call early Monday (May 31) in the 2000 block of Mirabeau Street. The officers...
The NOPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle that was used in the armed robbery incident that occurred on Monday (May 24). At around 6:20 p.m., the pictured Nissan SUV was used in an armed robbery that...
The NOPD has obtained an arrest warrant for Lordell Shearod, 22, in the ongoing investigation of a shooting on May 12 in the 1500 block of Pleasure Street. Through investigation, NOPD Third District detectives developed and positively identified Shearod as...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking a car and driver involved in a shooting on Elysian Fields Avenue near the interstate and a suspect in a St. Bernard area robbery. The NOPD is seeking assistance in locating a vehicle...
A woman was wounded in a shooting on Elysian Fields Avenue on Friday (May 14) afternoon, the New Orleans Police Department reported. She arrived at an emergency room just before 4 p.m. with a gunshot wound to her leg. She...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist In New York, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit and even Jackson, Mississippi, crime and police reform have emerged as the go-to issues in the many 2021 races for mayor across the U.S. As New Orleans’ crime...
The New Orleans Police Department reported a double homicide Tuesday (May 11) morning in the St. Bernard neighborhood. At 7:12 a.m., Third District officers responding to a body found in the 4200 block of Hamburg Street found a 16-year-old and...
An infant boy and a teenage girl were injured in a shooting Monday (April 26) night on Interstate 10 in the Gentilly Terrace area, the New Orleans Police Department reported. They were in a car on the interstate near the...
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown subject and locating a vehicle involved in an aggravated assault with a firearm incident that occurred April 26. At around 5:55 p.m., a gunman fired two...
