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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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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.

Police blotter: Two shootings, home invasion, carjacking

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Among the crimes reported in Uptown neighborhoods early this week, including a carjacking, two home invasions and two shootings. A man carjacked a 49-year-old woman around 2 a.m. Monday (July 19) at St. Charles Avenue and Pine Street. When the woman stopped at the intersection, he pushed her out of the car, grabbed the wheel and drove away. Around 11:30 a.m. on Monday (July 19), a woman broke into a home in the 3500 block of Second Street.

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Police seek suspects in two shootings, armed robbery

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The New Orleans Police Department has arrest warrants for suspects in two shootings and an armed robbery in Uptown neighborhoods. 

Sixth District NOPD officers have an arrest warrant out for Dominique Hines, 31, who may be connected to a shooting at Toledano Street and South Claiborne Avenue, near the shopping center. 

The incident occurred Wednesday (July 14), when a 31-year-old woman was shot in the leg during an argument with a man in the 2900 block of Toledano Street. After she was shot, the gunman hit her in the head before fleeing, police said. 

Second District police officers put out an arrest warrant for Donald Oliver, 47, in a Gert Town shooting that occurred on Friday evening (July 16). Police report that a 46-year-old man was found in a front yard in the 1300 block of Genois Street suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand. He was transported to the hospital by the Emergency Medical Service. Oliver was identified as a suspect in this shooting.

Police blotter: Two shootings on Toledano, woman attacked after flagging down speeders, shooting and robbery near shopping areas, stabbing in Central City

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Three shootings, two robberies and a stabbing were among the crimes reported in Uptown neighborhoods this week. Two shootings on Toledano

Two women and a man were injured this week in separate shootings within blocks of each other on a well-traveled thoroughfare separating the Broadmoor and Hoffman Triangle neighborhoods. The first shooting occurred on Tuesday (June 13) at about 10 p.m., the New Orleans Police Department said. The victims, a 34-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, were inside a vehicle in the 3400 block of Toledano when an unknown gunman fired shots into their car. Both were injured in the shootings.

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NOPD reports two shootings in Central City

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The New Orleans Police Department has reported two shootings in Central City in the past 24 hours. On Friday (June 25), a shooting in the 2300 block of Sixth Street left a woman wounded, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Initial reports received just before 10 a.m. show an adult female was found with a gunshot wound. She was transported by the Emergency Medical Service to a local hospital. On Thursday, a 31-year-old man was wounded in a shooting at about 9:20 p.m. on Washington and South Claiborne avenues.

Police blotter: Shootings in Hollygrove and Hoffman Triangle, stabbing in Central City

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The New Orleans Police Department reported two shootings and a stabbing in Uptown neighborhoods on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday (June 14), a 19-year-old male was walking in the 8200 block of Palm Street at about 9 p.m. when two gunmen approached him from behind and began firing. The victim was struck once and transported to an emergency room. The other shooting occurred Tuesday about 1:30 a.m. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was in the 3000 block of Second Street, near South Claiborne Avenue, when a sport utility vehicle pulled up. A man got out and began firing, striking the victim.

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Police blotter: two shootings, a stabbing, a robbery

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Two shootings, a stabbing and a robbery are among the crimes reported in Uptown neighborhoods during the past week. A triple shooting occurred Tuesday (June 1) evening in Central City. A 33-year-old man, a 25-year-old man and a teenager were at Jackson Avenue and South Saratoga Street at about 7 p.m. when a man walked up and began firing a gun. All three victims were struck. The Emergency Medical Service took two of the victims to the emergency room, and a third arrived in a private vehicle.

14-year-old shot multiple times near playground in one of two Central City shootings on Monday

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Two shootings were reported minutes apart in Central City on Monday (April 19) evening, according to the New Orleans Police Department. In one shooting, a 14-year-old boy was found at A.L. Davis Park suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He died from his wounds the following day. Sixth District officers found the teen in the 2700 block of La Salle Street at about 7:40 p.m. while responding to a report of gunfire in the area, police said. He was transported to the hospital by the Emergency Medical Service.

Police blotter: Shooters target 23-year-old woman, 15-year-old boy; 87-year-old man struck and robbed

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Two shootings and a robbery were reported by the New Orleans Police Department in Uptown neighborhoods during the past week. On Wednesday (April 7), a woman was shot multiple times in Central City. Sixth District officers investigating a shooting just before 5 p.m. found the 23-year-old victim suffering from gunshot wounds in the 1400 block of at Freret Street, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Medical responders took her to a hospital for treatment. Police said gunmen opened fire on the woman, and she was shot as she was fleeing the bullets.