NOPD News

The New Orleans Police Department’s Hit and Run Section has identified a vehicle responsible for a Hit & Run that a left a woman bicyclist injured on  April 29, 2023, at the intersection of Esplanade and North Claiborne Avenues.

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force (Houston, Tx) along with the aid of NOPD's Violent Offender Warrant Squad and U.S. Marshals New Orleans Task Force have arrested Kyron Keith Fazande (DOB: 2-21-2001) in connection with a homicide that occurred April 28, 2023 in the 3800 block of Canal Street.

Members of the New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Section are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest in connection with the Homicide that occurred on April 28, 2023, in the 3800 block of Canal Street.

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 3800 block of Canal Street that left one victim dead and a second injured.

UPDATE: Wanted suspect Gerard Zachary Turner surrendered this morning (May 1, 2023) to NOPD Violent Offender Warrant Squad officers and the U.S. Marshals. He was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for aggravated battery (two counts), felon in possession of a firearm and for discharge of a firearm during a violent crime.

Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is urged to contact NOPD First District detectives at 504-658-6010.