NEW ORLEANS — NOPD has announced the arrest of 63-year-old Willard Walker, Jr. in connection to a double shooting that occurred Wednesday night in the 5100 block of St. Claude Avenue.
Officers had been notified of two women who were hospitalized after each sustained gunshot wounds in the Holy Cross neighborhood Wednesday, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Officers located Walker in the 5400 block of Marais Street. Walker had a weapon that police believe had been stolen from somewhere in Baton Rouge.
The NOPD said the two victims arrived at the hospital on their own. Their current conditions are unknown.
Walker was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
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