By Shay O’Connor August 28, 2023 New Orleans Police Department officers were called out to a hotel in New Orleans East on Sunday to investigate reports of shots fired. When they arrived at the Siegel Select, once known as Motel 6 at 12330 Interstate 10 Service Road, officers said two gunshot wound victims were located…
By WWL Staff August 24, 2023 One of the principal concerns facing Louisiana voters is the continuing increase in violent crime, which tops the survey as the most important problem in the state. In an exclusive WWL-TV Gubernatorial Election poll of 800 voters, one of the principal concerns facing Louisiana residents is the continuing increase…
By Fox 8 Staff August 23, 2023 New Orleans police are investigating multiple separate overnight shootings that left at least one person dead and four people injured on Tuesday (Aug. 22). Two of the surviving victims were juveniles. Police found a man shot and killed in the 2400 block of Eads Street near St. Roch…
By Maddie Kerth, Fox 8 August 21, 2023 New Orleans’ Inspector General Ed Michel on Monday (Aug. 21) advised the City of New Orleans to take a firmer stand over code violations at the blighted downtown Plaza Tower. With multiple calls for service, fires and a falling death in 2023 alone, the Office of Inspector…
By Joseph Cranney, nola.com (photo credit: Sophia Germer) August 19, 2023 Days after a private security guard shot a man in the back outside the New Orleans library’s main branch this month, library staff members and administrators gathered to air a host of complaints about the firm that has held the library security contract for the last several years. In that…
By Natasha Robin, Fox 8 August 15, 2023 Leaders of New Orleans’ criminal justice system on Tuesday (Aug. 15) touted a $30 million planned technology upgrade that they say will replace computers and data systems that have been outdated for decades. “This is going to cost a lot of money,” Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason…
By Cassie Schirm, WDSU Updated August 15, 2023 A federal hearing to discuss the consent decree and NOPD’s handling of an investigation into Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s executive detail is pushed back another week. This comes after Cantrell’s administration asked the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to intervene in a hearing ordered by the federal…
August 11, 2023 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTOINE CLARK(“CLARK”),age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana; DIMITRI FRAZIER (“FRAZIER”), age 31, of Westwego, Louisiana; SHIRLEY HARRIS (“HARRIS”), age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana; ADONTE TURNER (“A. TURNER”), age 25, of New Orleans, Louisiana; and TIFFANY TURNER (“T. TURNER”), age 52, of New Orleans, Louisiana were indicted on August 10, 2023.…
By Fox 8 Staff August 9, 2023 A 14-year-old juvenile has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Juelz Brock, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Officers responded to the shooting on Aug. 6 in the 7700 block of Shubert Street, where Brock was found suffering from a gunshot wound to…
By Jordan Lippincott, WGNO August 8, 2023 A growing number of shooting victims in New Orleans are juveniles. New numbers show the increase, and despite all categories of violent crime being down compared to 2022, the president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, Rafael Goyeneche, says juvenile violence remains a significant area of concern. The 13-year-old…