Today (June 9, 2022), the NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad arrested a 17-year-old juvenile black male (not pictured) in the investigation of a homicide on May 15, 2022 in the 5700 block of Crowder Boulevard.

At about 8:17 p.m. on May 15, NOPD Seventh District officers responded to a call of an aggravated battery by shooting at the location. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male gunshot wound victim. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

On May 17, the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 26-year-old Mel Green.

Through investigation, NOPD Homicide Unit detectives developed and positively identified the juvenile male suspect as the perpetrator in this incident. On June 7, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for the juvenile suspect on one count of second-degree murder.

The juvenile was located today at a residence on Gawain Drive in the Seventh District, arrested without incident and booked accordingly into the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center.

Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Det. Matthew Riffle at 504-658-5300.