New Orleans Crime

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• New Orleans overnight crime report for Thursday, May...

  21 min ago | via NOLA.com 

  This report comes directly from the New Orleans Police Department 's Major Offense Log for 6 a.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Thursday.

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• One suspect surrenders in Central City birthday part...

  45 min ago | via Uptown Messenger 

  An 18-year-old surrendered to police Wednesday and was arrested on murder charges in the deaths of a woman and a child in Tuesday's shootout at a birthday party on Simon Bolivar Avenue, but investigators are looking for two other suspects as family and community members mourn the lives that were lost.

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• Allan Katz and Danae Columbus: NOPD walking beats re...

  45 min ago | via Uptown Messenger 

  Allan and Danae taped one of their "Louisiana Newsmaker" TV shows with Police Chief Ronal Serpas earlier this week who spoke optimistically about New Orleans' chances of shaking the title of "America's Murder Capital." But just 30 minutes after the chief's upbeat TV interview, he was racing to Simon Bolivar Avenue where three gun-toting young men ... (more)

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• New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu urges families to s...

  2 hrs ago | via NOLA.com 

  Mayor Mitch Landrieu is encouraging parents to take advantage of the city's summer youth recreation opportunities being offered by the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission by registering their children for summer camps.

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• New Orleans grieves a fallen child: An editorial

  3 hrs ago | via NOLA.com 

  Children shouldn't have to fear for their lives at a birthday party, but the gunshots that rang out on Simon Bolivar Avenue Tuesday afternoon turned an innocent ritual of childhood into a scene of bloodshed and death.

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• Several Dead in Head-on Collision in Slaughter, LA

  11 hrs ago | via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge 

  A mother was arrested after her 11-month-old daughter drowned in the bath tub Tuesday night.

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• New Orleans police investigating two shootings

  12 hrs ago | via The Times-Picayune 

  Police are investigating shootings in eastern New Orleans and the 7th Ward. The shootings occurred Wednesday night within 11 minutes of each other.

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• Sediment levels cause problems on False River

  13 hrs ago | via WAFB-TV Baton Rouge 

  A mother was arrested after her 11-month-old daughter drowned in the bath tub Tuesday night.

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• NOPD investigating two separate shootings late Wedne...

  13 hrs ago | via WWL-TV New Orleans 

  New Orleans police are investigating two shootings late Wednesday night, one in New Orleans East and the other in the 7th Ward.

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• I-Team: Suspect in girl's killing recently released ...

  14 hrs ago | via WDSU-TV New Orleans 

  The 18-year-old suspect who faces charges in connection with the killing of a 5-year-old girl and a mother of three was released from jail only weeks before the shooting.

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• Chicago: No. 2 in the Nation for Murder -- and Risin...

  14 hrs ago | via Cybercast News Service 

  President Obama's hometown of Chicago is Number 2 on the Top 10 list of Big Cities when it comes to murder - and is on a path to overtake New York as the murder capital of the United States.

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• Man fatally shot in eastern New Orleans is identified

  15 hrs ago | via The Times-Picayune 

  A 33-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday morning in eastern New Orleans, police said.

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• Scoot - ''Tolerance of Death in NOLA''

  15 hrs ago | via WWL-AM New Orleans 

  Yesterday, over the course of just hours, 8 people were shot in New Orleans. Three died, including a 5-year-old girl attending a birthday party.

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• Victim of gruesome Miami attack lived in NOLA

  18 hrs ago | via TheNewOrleansChannel 

  Ronald Poppo, 68, is in critical condition after authorities said nearly 75 percent of his face was chewed off.

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• CeaseFire New Orleans steps into aftermath of quintu...

  18 hrs ago | via WWL-TV New Orleans 

  Considered one of the city's most violent neighborhoods, Central City is the testing ground for CeaseFire New Orleans, a Chicago-inspired initiative launched this spring and one that leaders hope can translate into results on the streets of New Orleans.

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• 13 And 15-Year-Olds Arrested In Mid-City Murder Case

  Yesterday | via WGNO-TV New Orleans 

  New Orleans police say they have two suspects in custody for Tuesday's murder of a man on Baudin Street.

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• Senate committee discusses slashing Louisiana contracts

  Monday May 28 | via KSLA-TV Shreveport 

  Authorities said a head-on collision that killed five people and critically injured two others Wednesday night may have been the result of drinking and driving.

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• 13-year-old with ankle monitor is suspected as shoot...

  Sunday May 13 | via The Times-Picayune 

  On the day he turned 13, an eastern New Orleans boy who already had a lengthy criminal record was found "hiding at home" just hours after he and a 15-year-old accomplice allegedly gunned down a man during an armed robbery attempt in Mid-City Tuesday afternoon.

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• Many theories but few answers on stopping the violence

  Mar 22, 2012 | via WWL-AM New Orleans 

  Just a day after a rash of deadly violence in New Orleans, many people who live and work in the city are once again trying to understand why this is happening.

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• Suspects arrested in fatal New Orleans shooting

  Mar 22, 2012 | via WWL-AM New Orleans 

  The New Orleans Police Department today arrested two teens, charging them with one of three murders that happened in the city on Tuesday.

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