New Orleans Police say a teenager fatally shot a woman and injured her husband in an attempted car robbery in Mid City last night. Police Chief Shaun Ferguson says he’s seen an uptick in juvenile crime in the city over the past few months, specifically car robberies. He calls on everyone in the city to help keep kids from falling into a life of crime.
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17-year-old Emanuel Pipkins has been charged in the case.
State Police arrest a man following a 911 call claiming the suspect pointed an AR-15 style pellet rifle at another vehicle on I-10. Trooper Taylor Scrantz says they eventually caught up to 40-year-old Jason Jarreau of Baton Rouge and stopped his vehicle.
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Another tornado outbreak has hit Louisiana. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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A one-year-old child is dead after a crash involving a group of children crossing the street in Napoleonville. Investigators say a 52-year-old woman was travelling down Jones Street when a group of children cross ahead of her. After the initial group of children crossed the street, the one-year-old attempted to follow them, and was struct by the driver’s truck and killed. Police do not suspect speed or impairment were a factor in the crash. The woman was not charged, but the crash remains under investigation.