CRIME & SAFETY
Family feels killing of Brittany Ussin points to a bigger problem leading to violence
NEW ORLEANS — Under the setting sun in Algiers Monday evening, a video posted to social media shows a fight that turned deadly on Ptolemy Street, next to McDonough Playground. Twenty-seven seconds after the fight started you can hear what sounds like a gunshot. Brittany Ussin, 25, was shot....
New Orleans police make arrest in deadly Algiers shooting
The New Orleans Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a deadly shooting near an Algiers playground Monday. The NOPD announced Thursday morning that Nayiondra A. Woolridge, 32, was arrested in connection with the shooting that killed Brittany Ussin, 25, in the 300 block of Ptolemy Street. The...
Shooting at his girlfriend's ex, Marrero man hit her too. He won't face charges, JPSO says
When a woman's estranged husband angrily broke into a Marrero home early Sunday morning looking to confront her and her current boyfriend, authorities say the boyfriend opened fire to defend himself, wounding the ex and accidentally shooting her in the process. The woman, 33, was taken to a hospital in...
New Orleans serial killer who targeted gay men granted parole after 46 years inside Angola
Warren Harris Jr. sat behind a stack of papers last week at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a handkerchief at the ready for the tears that had begun to fall behind his glasses. Nearly a half-century ago, at age 16 and high on drugs in New Orleans, Harris robbed and fatally...
Coroner identifies 30-year-old killed outside of Marrero apartment complex
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a shooting that left a Marrero man dead outside his apartment complex Sunday evening. The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office identified the victim as Doren Scott, 30. The shooting was reported about 6 p.m. at the Ridgefield Apartments in the 2800 block of Mt....
Slidell man dead after driving off Highway 90 near Bridge City, state police say
A Slidell man was killed Tuesday when he drove off U.S. Highway 90 and hit a bridge near Bridge City, according to Louisiana State Police. Xavier Gonzales, 44, was driving east on Highway 90 between Nine Mile Point Road and Seven Oaks Boulevard when he drove is 2023 Chevy Bolt off the left side of the road and collided with the supports of a bridge, police said.
Doorbell video captures man robbing construction workers
NEW ORLEANS — Monday afternoon, Michael and Earl Benjamin-Robinson were inside their home in Gentilly, going about their day as usual, with no idea what was taking place right on their doorstep. “I went downstairs, and they said we’ve just been robbed,” Benjamin-Robinson said. Chilling doorbell video...
Marshals arrest second suspect in store clerk murder and woman harboring him
The U.S. Marshals Service has arrested a second suspect for the December 29th, 2023 robbery and murder of a Beaumont store clerk. Also arrested was the woman said to have been harboring him. Larry Hagan was found and arrested in New Orleans on Wednesday, along with Brooke Ashley West, who...
Two men killed in recent shootings identified by New Orleans coroner
Two men killed in recent New Orleans shootings were identified Tuesday by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office as 34-year-old Chad Verret and 39-year-old Roderick Thompson. Verret was found dead in the Michoud area Friday afternoon near the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Industrial Parkway, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
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