NOPD News

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.

The NOPD is requesting assistance from the public in locating a vehicle and its occupant(s) in the ongoing investigation of a vehicle burglary incident that occurred during the early morning hours on April 25, 2023, in the 6000 block of Bullard Avenue. The pictured vehicle, described as a dark gray sedan, is also believed to be involved in additional vehicle burglary incidents under investigation in additional districts.

The NOPD is looking for a male subject who committed an aggravated assault using a knife. 

The NOPD is seeking to locate a suspect in the investigation of theft by access device fraud that occurred on April 25, 2023, in the 1600 block of Jo Ann Place.

The NOPD is seeking assistance in identifying and locating two suspects in the ongoing investigation of an auto theft incident that occurred on April 25, 2023, in the 13000 block of Chef Menteur Highway.