CRIME & SAFETY

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man is dead and two others are wounded after three separate overnight shooting incidents minutes apart throughout New Orleans. The first shooting happened around 9:10 pm when a man showed up to the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the body. Officers of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) are investigating the exact location of the incident.

A daring carjacking in New Orleans set off a high-speed chase extending into St. Bernard and culminating in the capture of three suspects. The female victim, who was outside her Broadmoore home at the time, stated that the suspect was armed with a rifle as he approached her.

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is involving a deadly shooting on the West Bank. Officers responded to the 4300 block of Joycelyn Drive in Algiers around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. On the scene, investigators discovered a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound inside a...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating an Algiers homicide that left one man dead. Police say it happened at about 10:39 P.M., Saturday in the 4300 block of Joycelyn Drive in Algiers. NOPD officers responded to a call of a “male shot” and they arrived...

Prosecutors say he sold more than a pound-and-a-half of meth to federal agents and agreed to sell them an additional five pounds of the drug before he was arrested.

There’s been another late evening homicide in New Orleans. Last night’s incident happened in the Old Aurora area of Algiers on the 4300 block of Joycelyn Drive near Fields Street.

An Orleans Parish jail inmate found unresponsive in his cell and taken to the hospital Friday morning has been taken off life support, the Sheriff's Office said. An official cause of death will be determined by the New Orleans Coroner's Office. Officials said the man was discovered unresponsive at about...

James Arnold, a former New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board employee, has been indicted on theft charges after being terminated in February last year. The charges followed a federal investigation into allegations of stealing permit fees. Since then, the Sewerage and Water Board signed a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the city to enhance transparency and accountability, moving the plumbing application and permitting process from internal operations.

A man is dead after a shooting in the French Quarters.

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Two federal lawsuits out of Louisiana, both alleging misconduct and racially discriminatory behavior by off-duty police officers, are set to be decided by a judge in New Orleans. The cases are bringing renewed scrutiny to the conduct of police officers when not in official duty and are raising questions about accountability and the doctrine of qualified immunity.

A New Orleans councilwoman is advocating for the closure of a local scrapyard, Uptown Recycling, after police discovered stolen materials worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at the site. Among the stolen items were steel beams valued at $300,000, which were taken from the former Times Picayune newspaper location. The site is currently being transformed into a Gulf entertainment facility. The perpetrators utilized a flatbed truck to transport the heavy beams during the daring theft.

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — An up-and-coming local rapper, who was free on a $750,000 bond after being booked in a 2021 Jefferson Parish murder, was placed in jail, again, after his bail was revoked Thursday following a fresh new arrest last week in New Orleans. Danieel Mutin, 18, was...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An Orleans Parish jail inmate was removed from hospital life support systems Sunday (May 28), two days after being found “unresponsive” in his cell, Sheriff Susan Hutson’s office said. The identity and age of the deceased inmate has not been disclosed. An Orleans...

A man abducted a 27-year-old woman at gunpoint in Bywater Thursday night, then hit her twice with his vehicle when she tried to escape, New Orleans police said. The attacker punched the woman in the face two times, then pulled a gun on her and demanded she get in his vehicle in the 3000 block of St. Claude Avenue around 9:16 p.m., New Orleans police said.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A woman returning home on Wednesday (May 24) became the victim of a brazen carjacking. Around 8 a.m., the victim, who Fox 8 will not identify, says she noticed a pickup truck parked near her Louisiana Avenue house and a masked man carrying a rifle stepped out.

A pre-trial hearing was held in the Linda Frickey case on Friday, May 19 to determine if the defense can bring in an expert to discuss juvenile brain development.

Kenner police have additionally charged 71-year-old Mechael Yousef Mansoor with negligent homicide involving a crash that critically injured 12-year-old Adrien Flores.

According to the NOPD’s Major Offense Log, it happened around 9:15 p.m. Thursday on North Tonti Street near Independence Street. According to NOPD documents, investigators know who the suspect is.

After a Terrytown murder suspect out on bond was arrested this month in New Orleans following a chase in a stolen vehicle, a Jefferson Parish judge has ordered that he be held without bond in the homicide case, according to court records. A Jefferson Parish grand jury on Thursday also...

A man is in the hospital after a stabbing incident in the Little Woods neighborhood.