A second suspect in the fatal shooting on Bourbon Street last weekend has been arrested. New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison said 20-year-old Kavon Manuel was arrested hours after 20-year-old Jordan Clay was taken into custody.
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Both men face one count of 2nd degree murder.
Protests are erupting after the shooter of former-NFL star Joe McKnight was released from police custody. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand says 54-year-old Ronald Gasser admitted to shooting McKnight, but has not been charged pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Gasser was reportedly involved in another road rage incident at the same intersection in Terrytown in 2006, but the misdemeanor charge was dropped.
Three DOW Chemical plant employees who were being monitored after a chemical leak have been released. A chlorine leak was reported yesterday afternoon at the Plaquemine facility, prompting evacuation of all non-essential employees. The company reports three employees were observed at their onsite health services center, while 16 others drove themselves to area hospitals for evaluation. The small chlorine leak reportedly happened when the plant lost power, and the leak has since been stopped.
Louisiana is in for a wet weekend as the cold front that passed us earlier in the week is turning back toward the state. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we have about three to four wet days in front of us. He says northern parishes can expect to see anywhere from five to seven inches of rain.
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Keim says the state could use this wet weather after the drought we’ve seen across the state.