by Aaron E. Looney
January 18, 2024
Categories: On Duty
Topics: Good Police Work, Homicide, Sixth District
The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals today (January 18, 2024) arrested Earl Simmons (black male, DOB: 06-13-1992) in the investigation of two homicide incidents, both occurring on January 6, 2024.
January 10, 2024
Topics: Assault/Battery, Good Police Work, Sixth District
On January 8, 2024, NOPD Sixth District officers arrested Tyrus Tyron McDowell (black male, DOB: 01-04-1980) in the investigation of a shooting incident that occurred that same day in the 1200 block of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.
January 7, 2024
Categories: Be on the Lookout
Topics: Homicide, Sixth District
The NOPD is investigating a homicide that occurred on the evening of January 6, 2024, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Liberty Street and left a adult male dead.
January 6, 2024
The NOPD is investigating a homicide that occurred this evening (January 6, 2024) in the 2700 block of Washington Avenue and left an adult female victim dead.
January 3, 2024
The NOPD today (January 3, 2024) arrested Jose Gabriel Escobar (Hispanic male, DOB; 08-06-1999) in the investigation of a homicide that occurred on November 5, 2023, in the 2600 block of First Street.
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