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 investigating deadly shooting near Algiers playground
A woman shot and killed near the McDonough playground in Algiers Monday night has been identified. The New Orleans Police Department said the shooting happened around 7 p.m. in the 300 block of Ptolemy Street. A woman was shot and later died at the hospital. The woman, identified as Brittany...
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.
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...
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...
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....
NOPD reassigns officer Jeffrey Vappie in light of new investigation
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department has confirmed to WDSU that Ofc. Jeffrey Vappie is being reassigned pending a new investigation surrounding his personal time with Mayor LaToya Cantrell. It comes less than a week after Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed to WDSU that a formal investigation into...
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...
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