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The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals arrested a suspect Thursday (Jan. 18) in two recent homicides in Central City. Earl Simmons, 31, is accused of killing Cayla Kelley, 27, and Eddie Matthews, 64, in separate shootings on Jan. 6. Police found Kelley dead on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of Washington Avenue at about 6:15 p.m. on Twelfth Night.
Two shootings were reported overnight in Uptown’s NOPD Sixth District. The first occurred Tuesday (Oct. 31) just before 10 p.m. in the Lower Garden District. The New Orleans Police Department initially reported the shooting at Felicity and St. Thomas streets.
Police arrested an 18-year-old and 16-year-old in two armed carjackings that occurred Oct. 16, including the carjacking of District Attorney Jason Williams and his mother. See photos from NOLA Project below showing the SWAT team’s capture of the suspects. Ahmad Seals, 18, and a male juvenile are suspects in the ongoing investigation of the carjackings committed within a 20-minute period in the Lower Garden District and Central City. Williams was helping his mother, 78, into his Lincoln Navigator in the 1000 block of Race Street when two men approached and demanded the vehicle at gunpoint.
District Attorney Jason Williams and his mother were carjacked in the Lower Garden District on Monday night (Oct. 16), media reports state. The New Orleans Police Department have linked that carjacking to another that occurred about half-hour later, stating they were likely committed by the same two men. Williams was helping his 78-year-old mother into his car at about 10 p.m. when they were approached by two armed men demanding his vehicle. He complied, and one of the gunmen fled in his black Lincoln Navigator.
A man was killed and another injured in a shooting Wednesday (Oct. 4) in the Lower Garden District, the New Orleans Police Department reported. NOPD Sixth District officers responded to an 8:54 p.m. report of a shooting at St. Thomas and St. Andrews streets.
On Monday (Sept. 11), NOPD Second and Sixth District officers arrested three males after finding a large cache of guns and drugs in a Fontainebleau home. Two of the suspects are teenagers. Rayshad Nolan, 20, Zyaire Cornelius, 19, and a 16-year-old were taken into custody and 14 illegal firearms were confiscated, along with illegal narcotics. The arrests are a result of a surveillance operation by the two Uptown police districts.
A man was shot to death Wednesday night (Sept. 13) in Central City, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At 10:12 p.m., NOPD Sixth District officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 1800 block of Washington Avenue. They found an unresponsive male subject with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Services medics declared him dead the scene.
An armed robbery, an attempted carjacking, a home invasion and stabbing, and an attempted armed robbery were reported in Uptown neighborhoods over the past two days. The armed robbery occurred early Wednesday (Sept. 6), when five people were held up in the Lower Garden District. The victims — three women and two men, all in their early- to mid-20s — were on St. Mary and Coliseum streets at about 12:30 a.m. when a sport utility vehicle pulled up.
A man was shot to death mid-day on Thursday (Aug. 31) in the Dixon neighborhood, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Shortly after noon, NOPD Second District officers responded to a call of a person down in the 8800 block of Palmetto Street. They found an unresponsive adult male with gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical tServices declared him dead at the scene.
A man was shot to death early Friday (Aug. 4) in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At about 2:25 a.m., NOPD Sixth District officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 3300 block of Toledano Street, near Galvez. They found an unresponsive man with a gunshot wound. Medical responders declared him dead at the scene.
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in locating two persons-of-interest for questioning in the ongoing investigation of a double homicide that occurred on Dec. 4, 2022, in Central City. At about 8:30 a.m., officers called to the 2900 block of Danneel Street found two men suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They were transported to a local hospital, where they later died. The Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Terry Johnson, 32, and Richard Watson, 46.
