NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police made a gruesome discovery Tuesday morning, while performing a wellness check at a home in the 1700 block of Gentilly Boulevard.
“There were three bodies inside,” NOPD Deputy Chief Hans Ganthier said. “Right now, we’re treating it as a homicide solely because there were some bullets on the ground.”
Ganthier said the three adults had been dead for several days.
“We can’t even tell the gender or the sex of the people that we’re looking at right now," he said.
Police could not identify the victims.
But people who live in the area believe it's one of their neighbors who they haven't seen in days.
“(We are) talking amongst one another, just (asking) have you seen him,” Kendra Parks said. “He’s always outside on his porch or on the neutral ground.”
Randall McCoy said the man loved to dance in front of his home and on the neutral grounds across from the Fair Grounds.
“It really hurt me because he never bothered nobody,” McCoy said. “The only thing he used to do is dance and try and make people happy.”
Fair Grounds Triangle Neighborhood Association President Morgan Clevenger said it’s sad to know what happened.
“We worked for ten years to get the serious crime out of this neighborhood,” Clevenger said. “It took us a long time. So now when we have something like this happen it tears at your heart. It hurts your heart.”
Police say there are still in the early stages of this homicide investigation.
They are asking anyone with information about this triple homicide to please call NOPD First District detectives or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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