The New Orleans coroner released the identities of a teen boy and a teen girl shot dead in unrelated homicides on Sunday, a day that saw three people die by gun violence.
Kennedi Belton, 15, was fatally shot at around 1:41 p.m. in the 8000 block of Curran Boulevard in Little Woods. The Warren Easton High School freshman had been at a slumber party, according to reporting from WWL-TV. She died at the scene.
Andre Skinner, 19, was arrested in connection with the killing, New Orleans police said. He was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center Sunday on a count of negligent homicide and two counts of negligent injuring, according to online jail records. Police said he accidentally fired a gun, and the bullet traveled through the wall, killing Belton and injuring two other victims, according to court documents obtained by WWL-TV. His bond was set at $60,000.
Phillip Mayfield, 17, was shot dead in the 2000 block of Dumaine Street in Treme at around 9:15 p.m. Sunday. Police responding to a report of gunfire found Mayfield suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, they said. Police believe two male suspects killed him. Mayfield died at the scene.
Anyone with information about the killings is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.