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Second man dies in East Riverside quadruple shooting

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Two of the victims in the quadruple shooting in East Riverside on Wednesday (Oct. 6) afternoon have died, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At 1:26 p.m., NOPD Sixth District officers responded to a call of an aggravated battery by shooting on Gen. Taylor Street near Annunciation, in the parking lot of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. They found four men suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were transported by the Emergency Medical Service to a local hospital.

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Police blotter: Two shootings, attempted armed burglary

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In addition to a deadly shooting at a second-line, two shootings and an attempted armed burglary were reported in Uptown neighborhoods over the weekend. On Sunday (Sept. 26), an 87-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man thwarted an armed burglary attempt in Broadmoor. The man was sitting on the porch in the 3400 block of Louisiana Avenue Parkway at about 11:45 a.m. when a man and woman approached. The victim went inside and the couple tried to force their way in.

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Second-line parade ends in shooting death and critical injury

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A shooting that erupted as the Young Men Olympian second-line was winding down Sunday (Sept. 26) in Central City left a man dead and a woman critically injured. At about 5 p.m., NOPD officers on parade detail responded to shots fired at Josephine and South Liberty streets, where the parade was disbanding. The officers found George Finney man suffering with multiple gunshot wounds. Finney was pronounced dead on the scene.

Man shot to death on Tchoupitoulas near Napoleon

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A man died Monday (Sept. 20) afternoon in a shooting on Tchoupitoulas Street near Napoleon Avenue. At about 2 p.m., NOPD Sixth District officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 4300 block of Tchoupitoulas. Upon arrival, they found an unresponsive adult male on the ground with a gunshot wound. Medical responders declared him dead at the scene.

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Police blotter: Victim identified in Central City homicide; Lower Garden District shooting causes injury

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Two shootings, one of them fatal, were reported this week in Uptown neighborhoods. The homicide occurred Monday (Sept. 14) in Central City. At about 9:50 p.m., officers found Terrance Gibson in the 1200 block of South Saratoga Street suffering from gunshot wounds. Medical responders took Gibson to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

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Police blotter: Two carjackings, three robberies reported in Uptown neighborhoods

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Two carjackings and three robberies, including an armed vehicle theft, were reported in Uptown neighborhoods during the past weekend. One of the carjackings was foiled in the Freret area. The victims in that incident were two 55-year-old women and a 22-year-old man. They were in a car in the 2200 block of Valmont Street, between LaSalle and Freret streets, at about 4 p.m. on Sunday (Sept. 12) when a black sedan drove up.

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NOPD seeks suspect in auto theft, burglary

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The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in a vehicle burglary and auto theft that occurred on Aug. 19. At around 3:50 a.m., the vehicle pictured at the top was used to commit vehicle burglaries in the 1700 block of Robert Street. It was also used to steal the blue 2020 Subaru Forester, pictured with the suspect inside. Detectives tracked the stolen Subaru to the 3700 block of Second Street, where it was recovered.

Carjackings reported in Irish Channel, Fontainebleau neighborhoods

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Two carjackings were reported this week in Uptown neighborhoods. On Monday (Aug. 23), a 30-year-old woman was carjacked in the 600 block of Toledano Street. She was inside her sport utility vehicle at about 10:40 p.m. when a group of male and female juveniles pulled up in a sedan, the New Orleans Police Department reported. One of them got out and demanded the victim turn over her vehicle.

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Man shot to death on Magnolia in Central City

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A man was shot to death Saturday night (Aug. 7) in Central City, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At around 10:15 p.m., Sixth District officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 2800 block of Magnolia Street, near Washington  They discovered a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Medical responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Charles Dupre, 24. No additional details are available at this time.

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Police blotter: Shooting in Hoffman Triangle, carjacking in B.W. Cooper area, battery in Broadmoor, armed robbery in the Lower Garden District

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A shooting, carjacking, aggravated burglary and armed robbery were among the crimes reported in Uptown neighborhoods this week. The shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon (July 27) on Second Street at South Tonti Street. The victim, an 18-year-old male, was transported to a local hospital in a private vehicle. The carjacking occurred overnight on Wednesday (July 28), and police were informed at about midnight on Thursday. The victim, a 37-year-old male, was giving a ride to a man who, in the 3000 block of Thalia Street, took out a gun and demanded his vehicle.