Police arrested an 18-year-old for the murder of a 14-year-old in Chalmette.
According to the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, 18-year-old Kelan Sartin was arrested and booked with second-degree murder as well as possession with intent to distribute marijuana and illegal possession of a firearm.
According to the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatchers received a call about a shooting in the 3600 block of Golden Drive in Chalmette at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9.
When deputies arrived, they found the 14-year-old shot multiple times and lying in a grassy courtyard between two buildings. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann says EMS transported the victim to the University Medical Center hospital where he later died.
Anyone with information regarding this incident, or any other type of criminal activity in St. Bernard Parish is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501, the Criminal Investigations Bureau’s tip hotline at (504) 271-TIPS or 8477, or Crimestoppers GNO at (504) 822-1111. Callers to the CIB tip hotline or Crimestoppers can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash award from Crimestoppers.
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