By Shay O’Connor | WDSU | September 20, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — The city of New Orleans has been declared the murder capital of the United States for the first half of 2022, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission. The MCC said when comparing the number of homicides with the population, the…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | September 19, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans has become the homicide capital of the country. “It’s no wonder that we are the homicide capital of the United States, when you’re seeing a 46 percent surge in homicides,” said Rafael Goyeneche, president of the Metropolitan…
By Cameron McWhirter | Wall Street Journal | September 16, 2022 Violent crime in New Orleans has grown to the point that Ibrahim Rabee no longer feels safe at his auto shop. At least seven people have been killed within blocks of his store since the beginning of the year, according to police records. Customers bring…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | September 14, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – According to data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, gun violence in New Orleans has sent 584 people to the hospital this year. Of those injured, the MCC says 208 of them died since Jan. 1. “Since 2019, homicides are up 140%. Shootings…
By Joseph Cranney & Blake Peterson | NOLA.com | September 11, 2022 Two weeks after Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams was acquitted on federal tax evasion charges, he made headlines for another reason: He accepted a side job with the law firm that successfully defended him in his criminal trial. Williams might not end up joining Schonekas, Evans, McGoey…
By Mike Perlstein | WWL-TV | September 8, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — From almost the day she took office, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has been hit by one crisis after another, from an inmate’s death in a fight, to a suicide, to a standoff with inmates who took over an entire…
By Natasha Robin | WVUE | September 7, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Since Monday (Sept. 5), seven carjackings unfolded across New Orleans. “This city is like the wild wild west,” says Richard Launey. One of the latest incidents happened in the 3000 block of St. Claude Avenue where police say a carjacker pulled a…
By Erika Ferrando | WWL-TV | September 7, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS — In seven separate cases overnight Monday, victims were approached by armed men trying to steal their cars. NOPD is investigating three carjackings, two attempted carjackings, an armed robbery where a car was stolen, and an armed robbery where suspects tried…
By Shay O’Connor | WDSU | September 7, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO A violent Labor Day weekend in New Orleans with a string of carjackings left people across the city on edge. The Metropolitan Crime Commission reports at least four carjackings Monday. Including one near Monkey Hill Bar on Magazine Street at about 10 p.m.…
By Olivia Vidal | WVUE | September 7, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A violent Labor Day weekend and a fatal double shooting Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 6) have pushed New Orleans’ homicide count beyond the total number recorded in 2020. There have been 205 homicides in New Orleans so far this year according to the latest data…