New Orleans police, US Marshals arrest suspect in connection with homicide last month
Updated: 1:02 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
New Orleans police, US Marshals arrest suspect in connection with homicide last month
Updated: 1:02 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
SYSTEM. A SWAT TEAM STANDOFF IN GENTILLY NEGOTIATORS ARE CURRENTLY TALKING TO A SUSPECT WHO POLICE SAY BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME ON A PER LITER STREET NEAR OWEN’S. THAT’S NOT FAR FROM FILLMORE AVENUE. THE LAPD INITIALLY RESPONDED TO THE SITUATION AS A SHOOTING AROUND 230 THIS AFTERNOON. ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL. THEIR CONDITION
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New Orleans police, US Marshals arrest suspect in connection with homicide last month
Updated: 1:02 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
The New Orleans Police Department and the U.S. Marshals made an arrest in connection with a homicide last month. According to NOPD, Tracey Wright was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of Ferdinand Alexander in the 4500 block of Perlita Street. Alexander was taken to an area hospital on Jan. 25, where he later died from his injuries. Wright was identified as the suspect in the case and was arrested on a warrant of one count of second-degree murder. Wright was arrested at a home on Friday in the Fifth District and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center. Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Det. Maurice Stewart at 504-658-5300.
NEW ORLEANS —
The New Orleans Police Department and the U.S. Marshals made an arrest in connection with a homicide last month.
According to NOPD, Tracey Wright was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of Ferdinand Alexander in the 4500 block of Perlita Street.
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Alexander was taken to an area hospital on Jan. 25, where he later died from his injuries.
Wright was identified as the suspect in the case and was arrested on a warrant of one count of second-degree murder.
Wright was arrested at a home on Friday in the Fifth District and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Det. Maurice Stewart at 504-658-5300.