NEW ORLEANS — A suspect wanted for shooting and killing a woman in Mid-City Thursday was shot in the leg by NOPD after a foot pursuit later in the day.
NOPD Chief Deputy Superintendent Hans Ganthier said the person who was hit as well as another suspect had been wanted for a homicide that happened on Ulloa Street, near South Pierce Street mid-day Thursday.
"Right now, one of them is in the hospital being treated and is in stable condition," Chief Ganthier said. "The other person is in custody as well. We'll look at the various charges and let our homicide unit decide if further charges are added."
The mid-day shooting on Ulloa Street killed a 30-year-old woman and sent a 41-year-old man to the hospital.
A surveillance camera apparently helped NOPD track down two suspects to Gentilly, in the 6100 block of Painters Street, according to Chief Ganthier. Officers apparently ran after the two suspects, which eventually led to NOPD shooting one of them in the leg.
"There was a brief foot pursuit, one of the officers injured his knee -- Not from a gunshot wound," Chief Ganthier said. "One perpetrator was shot in the leg."
A neighbor told Eyewitness News that he heard the gunshots and that they sounded like, "It was like someone popping fireworks in the street but more direct."
An NOPD official said they could not give an update on why shots were fired but said they confiscated weapons from the homicide suspects.
Councilman Eugene Green was also at the shooting scene, he said, "Two suspects were apprehended, the community is safer because of that and I just hope that one day the people committing the crimes in the midst of all this opportunity will choose to do something else with their lives."