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NOPD Seeks Suspect in Eighth District Shooting

by Aaron E. Looney

January 30, 2019

Categories: Be on the Lookout

Topics: Assault/Battery, Eighth District

NOPD Seeks Suspect in Eighth District Shooting

The NOPD is seeking to identify and locate a suspect in the ongoing investigation of an aggravated battery by shooting incident that occurred on January 29, 2019 at the intersection of Bourbon and Iberville streets.

At about 4:38 a.m., the victim and the pictured subject were reportedly engaged in an argument when the pictured subject allegedly produced a handgun and shot at the victim, striking the victim once in the right leg with gunfire. The pictured subject then fled the scene on Iberville Street toward Royal Street, then unknown.

Anyone with information regarding this incident or the pictured subject is asked to contact NOPD Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080, or to call anonymously to Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.