Houma Police investigating 4 separate shootings in 4 days

NEW ORLEANS — Cellphone video shows a loud commotion inside the front lobby of the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in the 1200 block of St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Brady Chiasson shot the video around 6:45 p.m., just moments before a shooting there Thursday night. “This lady went to...

KENNER, La. — For the second time, a Jefferson Parish jury found Viusqui Perez-Espinosa guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s new lover, Ives Alexis Portales-Lara, dismembering his body, and disposing of the body parts in a St. John the Baptist swamp back in 2016. Perez-Espinosa, 45, was first convicted...

METAIRIE, La. — A motorcyclist died after being involved in a crash with an SUV in Metairie on Tuesday, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The press release from JPSO said that deputies were dispatched after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday to a report of a crash between a motorcycle and sport utility vehicle at the intersection of West William David Parkway and Veterans Memorial Boulevard.

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Three individuals are in custody following a police pursuit on the Huey P. Long Bridge that ended in a crash around noon on Wednesday. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Police patrol the bridge over the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish. According to Causeway GM Carlton Dufrechou, an officer tried to stop a vehicle that was being operated in a reckless manner on the bridge. The driver reportedly refused to stop and sped off the bridge, eastbound down Jefferson Highway and tried to cross over into the westbound lanes before crashing into another vehicle.

NEW ORLEANS — The crime in the city often comes up in regular conversations as it impacts so many New Orleanians. As the interim NOPD chief laid out her plans, locals shared their thoughts. Stan Norwood is a barber at Dennis' Barber Shop. He works to mentor his young...

NEW ORLEANS — ATM thieves have struck again in New Orleans. This time it happened Uptown at a gas station convenience store. Workers at the Tchoup Stop spent the day cleaning up. According to a store employee, security video shows a white Ford pickup truck with a metal bumper...

NEW ORLEANS — The suspect booked with negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl Sunday told detectives that “he was playing with a gun” that belonged to a friend when it accidentally discharged, according to court records. Kennedi Belton, a freshman at Warren Easton...

NEW ORLEANS — While New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announces that crime tracking data shows a downward trend in the first few weeks of 2023, The New Orleans Police Department is still dealing with violent crime in the streets on a nearly daily basis. Overnight, two people became the...

NEW ORLEANS — Homeowners in the Carrolton area are saying they need help getting an abandoned hauling truck that’s becoming an eyesore removed from their neighborhood. Jason Dumas said the truck has been parked on Fern Street for several weeks, and now it’s becoming a dumpster of sorts alongside a major construction zone that has made roads surrounding his home impassable.

NEW ORLEANS — Acting New Orleans Police Chief Michelle Woodfork announced her new plan to reduce the city's crime problem on Thursday. "We're as tired of the crime as the public is," Woodfork said at a press conference. "We want to make New Orleans safe." Woodfork said her plan...

NEW ORLEANS — Preventing illegal dumping has long been a problem for the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Now city leaders are threatening to take the vehicle of anyone caught dumping tires and other material. Councilman Oliver Thomas says he’s fed up with illegal dumpers...

NEW ORLEANS — The supplemental Mardi Gras security plan in New Orleans is still a work in progress. But Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has said there is enough interest from law enforcement across the state to be able to secure full parade routes this year. Washington Parish Sheriff...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide in the 2000 block of Constance Street Sunday night. NOPD officers responded to the scene at around 8:27 p.m. on Sunday night and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. The man died at the scene, according...

NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras parades are made from their traditions. Krewes take pride in what they throw, the route they ride and even their day of the week. But while most parades are celebrating the return to their traditional routes this year, the krewedelusion is being pushed to a new date and route.

NEW ORLEANS — A young girl was shot and killed in the 8000 block of Curran Boulevard Sunday afternoon, according to a press release by the NOPD. Officers responded to the shooting at around 1:41 p.m. on Sunday, according to a press release. Warren Easton Charter High School identified...

NEW ORLEANS — We’ve been following an abandoned truck in the Carrollton area on Fern street that residents say have been there for over a month. Friday afternoon, WWLTV cameras were there when a sanitation truck arrived so workers could dump the trash out of the back of the abandoned vehicle.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A senior at Southern University was killed in a car crash on I-110 near the university’s campus Monday night. It happened on the interstate near Scenic Highway around 9 p.m. as WBRZ reports. The fatal crash claimed the life of 23-year-old Reginald Elloie according...

NEW ORLEANS — A group of Loyola students held a candlelight vigil at Audubon Park Wednesday to honor the life of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. Last month, Nichols died in the hospital three days after being brutally beaten by five Memphis police officers. The students said they held the vigil...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a briefing last week, the city’s call for law enforcement help from across the state was a success and Mardi Gras krewes can return to their traditional parade routes. “Jeanerette for example, wow, you know, Tangipahoa, wow and...

NEW ORLEANS — Orleans Parish Coroner Dwight McKenna deals with death every day. In 2022, nearly 500 of those deaths were from overdoses — most of them caused by Fentanyl. "I've never seen anything like this," McKenna said. "I like to call Fentanyl the Angel of Death." In...