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The Houma Police Department is looking for the owner of a pony that was found wandering in the area of Maple Street Park Monday morningmore>> The Houma Police Department is looking for the owner of a pony that was found wandering in the area of Maple Street Park Monday morningmore>> Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.more>> Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.more>> Hundreds gathered for a second line honoring the victim's of last Sunday's Mother's Day shooting. Participants say last weekend's violence won't keep them from doing what they love. more>> Hundreds gathered for a second line honoring the victim's of last Sunday's Mother's Day shooting. Participants say last weekend's violence won't keep them from doing what they love. more>> In just a matter of weeks uptown residents who live near the Arabella Fire Station will lose a special piece of firefighting equipment.more>> In just a matter of weeks uptown residents who live near the Arabella Fire Station will lose a special piece of firefighting equipment.more>> One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.more>> One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.more>> Amtrak officials say a train departing from New Orleans derailed not far from Chicago's Union Station.more>> Amtrak officials say a train departing from New Orleans derailed not far from Chicago's Union Station.more>> A government report says construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months behind schedule.more>> A government report says construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months behind schedule.more>> The State Fire Marshal's Office is asking for assistance in the investigation of a series of fires in St. Charles Parish.more>> The State Fire Marshal's Office is asking for assistance in the investigation of a series of fires in St. Charles Parish.more>> Authorities say a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother with a gun he found in a closet at his grandparents' Baton Rouge home.more>> Authorities say a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother with a gun he found in a closet at his grandparents' Baton Rouge home.more>> The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will use rededicated sales tax revenue, cuts to transportation services, elimination of a perfect-attendance salary bonus and a one-time reduction in the board-mandated minimum fund balance.more>> The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will use rededicated sales tax revenue, cuts to transportation services, elimination of a perfect-attendance salary bonus and a one-time reduction in the board-mandated minimum fund balance.more>>
New Orleans, La.- New Orleans police try to find out who killed a man in an empty lot in the Lower Ninth Ward.
The following is a press release issued by the NOPD Monday afternoon.
Homicide Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of an unidentified man. The victim was found shortly after 3pm in a vacant lot at the intersection of Benton and North Miro Street. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family members.The victim was found by a lawn crew cutting grass in the area. The men immediately notified the NOPD. The officers arrived and found the victim unresponsive. He'd been shot several times and was pronounced dead on the scene.
Investigators
are currently in the process of gathering evidence and information to identify
the person(s) responsible in this incident, as well as a motive.
Homicide
Detective Darryl Doucette is in charge of the investigation.
Citizens
with information that can help solve these crimes are asked to call
CRIMESTOPPERS at 822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP. You could receive
a cash reward of up to $1,000 for the information leading to the arrest and
indictment of the responsible person(s). You do not have to give your
name nor testify to receive the reward. Citizens can also submit an anonymous
tip online to Crimestoppers
at www.crimestoppersgno.org
