The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and U.S. Marshals on Thursday (Feb. 2) arrested Tracey Wright, 55, in a Jan. 24 homicide in the 4500 block of Perlita Street. Third District officers called to the 4500 block of Perlita Street...
The man killed Tuesday (Jan. 23) on Perlita Street in a shooting that brought a SWAT team into the Filmore neighborhood has been identified as Ferdinand Alexander, 51. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office released the victim’s name Friday (Jan. 27)...
The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals on Friday (Jan. 20) arrested Townsend Grant, 19, in the investigation of a double homicide that occurred on Dec. 7, 2022, outside the Walgreens in the 3200 block of Gentilly...
New Orleans police officers arrested a man on Jan. 13 after discovering him in a vehicle on a Gentilly street with no license plate and visible firearm. Police said the suspect fought an officer and managed to flee before being...
City Government / crime / Opinion / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published January 19, 2023
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Watching yesterday’s special City Council meeting on crime was very painful. It put a spotlight on the fear, frustration and anger of thousands of New Orleanians who recognize that the city has probably never been...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Why are so many New Orleanians and visitors getting shot and even killed recently? The answer is fairly simple. People, especially our young people, are turning to guns to resolve the disputes that used to...
On Monday (Jan. 9) at about 6:45 p.m., the victim reported being carjacked by an armed man in the 2600 block of Dreux Avenue. Surveillance video of the area revealed the suspect, pictured below, in a hoodie with a heart...
The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a car stolen during an armed robbery in the St. Bernard area on Dec. 31 and suspects and a vehicle linked to an armed robbery on Gentilly...
First District police officers responding to a call for a wellness check on Gentilly Boulevard near the Fair Grounds on Tuesday morning (Jan. 3) made a gruesome discovery. They found three bodies inside the home. Police are treating the deaths...
City Government / crime / Opinion
by Gentilly Messenger · Published December 29, 2022 · Last modified December 30, 2022
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist The citizens of New Orleans are shell-shocked, no pun intended, by the highest homicide rate in more than 25 years. Armed robberies have also skyrocketed. Numbed by the ongoing crime wave, residents are no longer...
Two men were held up Christmas Eve in the parking lot of the Mardi Gras Truck Stop on Elysian Fields Avenue, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The victims, ages 46 and 45, were approached by two gunmen who pulled...
When a woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 20) in a room in the Motel 6 on Old Gentilly Road, the New Orleans Police Department classified the death as a suicide. She had sustained a gunshot wound and was...
