The following is a weekly report of citywide crime statistics compiled by the NOPD Analytics Unit for the period of March 30-April 5, 2025.

Click the chart below for a larger version. Please note that these statistical figures are preliminary and subject to further analysis and revision.

Notable arrests made

During the listed week, the NOPD also made the following notable arrest(s):

• On April 2, NOPD Special Operations Division officers – along with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Homeland Security special agents and analysts – arrested Alvin Dwayne Gentry (black male, DOB: 09-13-1995) on multiple charges in relation to a drug trafficking operation in the Seventh District. Gentry was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for one count each of illegal possession of a firearm while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance; possession of a Schedule I CDS with intent to distribute; possession of a Schedule II CDS with intent to distribute, illegal possession of stolen firearms and for resisting an officer by flight.
• On April 3, NOPD Special Operations officers and Federal agents with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and Homeland Security (HSI) effect multiple arrests at locations in New Orleans. Arrested subjects include Gerald Tillman (black male, DOB: 04-08-1986); Gregory Tillman (black male, DOB: 09-28-1989); and Desmond Tillman (black male, DOB: 05-25-1999). Each subject was booked on multiple drug- and weapons-related charges.

Gun arrests (arrests made under LA RS 14:95 and sub-items)

Year to date, the NOPD has made 91 arrests for illegal possession of a firearm. This is a 55-percent decrease compared to 201 arrests made during the same period in 2024.

Gun seizures

Additionally, as of March 31, the NOPD in 2025 had seized 438 firearms in criminal investigations, a 39-percent decrease compared to 723 such seizures made during the same period in 2024.

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