Item # L-22747-23 12/25/23 10:05 pm (homicide) 4001 Canal Street (Walgreens);  The incident involved the homicide of a B/M subject, surveillance shows the perpetrator arrived at the location in what appears to be a silver Nissan Xterra parked in the parking lot apparently waiting for someone.  Later the victim was seen walking and proceeded to enter the parking lot where he engaged the perpetrator through the vehicle’s passenger side window.  For whatever reason the perpetrator exited his vehicle and engaged the victim face to face, which escalated to a fight.  That escalated to the homicide.  After the shooting of the victim, the perpetrator entered his vehicle and exited the parking lot driving toward N. Pierce Street. 

Item # L-22764-23 12/25/23 6:20 pm (aggravated assault) Moss and Orleans;  The victim left the gas station located at Moss and Esplanade where she first observed an unknown make and model gold SUV.  The victim proceeded west on Moss toward Orleans and noticed the gold vehicle was following her.  At that time she observed a B/M subject attempting to approach her vehicle on foot with a handgun in his possession (pointing it).  The victim proceeded to run the red light for her safety and contacted police about the incident, the gold vehicle was occupied by two B/F’s in the front seats and one B/M (the perpetrator) in the rear seat 

Auto theft:

12/26/23 4:00 am 600 Block of S. Solomon Street gray 2010 Honda Civic Indiana tag # CPE544

12/26/23 2:00 am 3300 Block of Tulane Avenue 2018 Chevy Malibu (recovered 12/27/23 3:40 pm in the 400 Block of S. Genois Street)

12/28/23 4:00 pm 4300 Block of Cleveland Street beige 2017 Hyundai Elantra La tag # 446FKK

12/30/23 1:30 am 4133 Carrollton Avenue 2016 Honda Civic (recovered 12/30/23 2:40 pm in the 7700 Block of Hayne Blvd)

There was one shots fired call 12/30/23 11:00 pm in the 2900 Block of Conti Street (report to follow).