The NOPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating two suspects in an armed robbery that occurred today (August 8, 2019) in the 3300 block of Orleans Avenue.
At about 5:42 a.m., the two pictured subjects entered the Ideal Market food mart. The subject at left pointed a silver handgun with an extended magazine at the store clerk and demanded money from the register. The subject pictured at right reportedly stood watch by the door. The victim complied. The subjects then fled the store on Saint Peter Street, then unknown.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident, including the identities and/or whereabouts of the pictured suspects, is asked to contact NOPD First District detectives at 504-658-6010, or call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.