The NOPD has arrested a suspect in the January 7, 2025 homicide that occurred at North Galvez Street and Elysian Fields Avenue that claimed the life of a 38-year-old man.
At about 12:10 pm. on the date, Fifth District officers responded to a shooting. Upon arrival they discovered the victim unresponsive suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. EMS pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
The Orleans Parish Coroner identified the victim as 38-year-old Geron Elzie.
Through investigation, Homicide Unit detectives identified the perpetrator as Marvin Banks, (Black male DOB: 01/28/1996). Banks was arrested on Saturday January 11, 2025 in the Seventh District by NOPD's Violent Crime Abatement Investigative Team (VCAIT) along with Louisiana State Police Troop B & LSP's Bureau of Investigations.
Banks has been charged with second degree murder and was booked accordingly into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Anyone with additional information about this homicide is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at (504) 658-5300 or Crimestoppers anonymously at (504) 822-1111.
All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.