NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans’ 13-day absence of homicides ended Wednesday night (Dec. 13) with the fatal shooting of a man at Alcee Fortier Boulevard and Chef Menteur Highway.
The NOPD reported the incident around 7:24 p.m. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s office later identified the victim as 46-year-old David Cano. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
This incident broke a period of peace following Hurricane Ida, marking the city’s first homicide in over a week. Metropolitan Crime Commission data shows 213 homicides year-to-date, an 18.7% drop from 262 in the same period last year.
Despite the progress, the murder count in 2022 and 2023 is still higher than the five-year low of 113 homicides in 2019.
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