The NOPD is searching for a subject wanted in connection with an aggravated assault and the illegal discharge of a firearm in the Eighth District.
The incident occurred on October 27, 2018 around 2:52 a.m. in the 200 block of Bourbon Street. After a verbal altercation with a second unknown male, the wanted subject retrieved a firearm from his front waistband area and fired a single shot in the second male’s direction. The shot missed the second male and the wanted subject fled east on Bourbon Street towards Bienville Street.
Anyone with information on this incident or the whereabouts and identity of the wanted subject is asked to contact Detective Elliot Gray or any Eighth District detective at 504-658-6080 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.