NEW ORLEANS — A second person was arrested in the Jan. 3 shooting death of 12-year-old Derrick Cash.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, 19-year-old Tyree Conerly surrendered at NOPD headquarters on Monday evening. He was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count of second-degree murder.
Conerly’s arrest comes just hours after police say 18-year-old Tyrese Harris, a suspect in a brutal carjacking at a New Orleans Costco, confessed to being involved in Cash’s death.
The 12-year-old Success Prep at Thurgood Marshal student was found in the 1400 block of Michoud Boulevard on Jan. 3. The child was shot in the head and body and left for dead. A worker in the area found Cash around just before 10 a.m. lying on the ground gasping for air.
Cash was found near a stolen Jeep Cherokee which was also reported stolen from a valet line at the Pontchartrain Hotel and suspected to be used in a series of crimes.
According to court documents, police investigating Cash’s death found a cellphone belonging to Harris which allegedly implicated him.
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