NEW ORLEANS — Eleven people have been shot and killed on New Orleans streets since Monday in a series of shootings across the city, with the latest occurring around 7 p.m. in the CBD.
A man was shot and killed at the corner of S. Ramapart and Lafayette Streets. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
The macabre series of events comes as the city continues to be rocked by shocking crimes and videos that display lawlessness including people jumping on a police cruiser during a dangerous pop up stunt show and two men firing long rifles at will, killing a man near Big Daddy’s bar in the Marigny.
Another frightening video from Algiers had the sounds of nearly two dozen shots and screaming people at the scene of the killing of a 16-year-old.
The news releases on the killings this week are eerily similar in nature. In most cases a male was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, dying either at the scene or later at the hospital.
The high profile crimes and reports that the New Orleans Police Department has led to at least one councilman to call for the removal of the department’s police chief. Mayor LaToya Cantrell voiced her support for Superintendent Shaun Ferguson.
This week’s killings include:
- Monday at 2:32 a.m. in the 20000 block of Chef Menteur.
- Tuesday morning in the 700 block of Franklin Avenue
- Wednesday afternoon in the 8000 block of Trapier
- Wednesday late afternoon in the 2800 block of Josephine
- Wednesday evening on Hendee Street in Algiers
- Thursday at 5 p.m. in the 1900 block of O’Reilly (2 victims)
- Thursday at 7:48 in the 4900 of Press Drive
- Friday at 3:24 a.m. in the 2800 block of South Roman
- Friday at 10 a.m. in the 6800 block of Mayo Blvd.