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NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENTINCIDENT D-10616-16 (SUPPLEMENTAL)

Signal Incident Occurrence Date/Time Reported Date/Time Status Bulletin Domestic Violence Hate Crime

30S HOMICIDE (SHOOTING) 4/9/2016 11:29 PM 4/9/2016 11:33 PM OPEN NO NO NO

Location Dist/Zone/Sub Lighting

SOPHIE WRIGHT PL & FELICITY ST 6E01 FAIR

VICTIM PERSONS

# 2 VICTIM

Last Name First Name Race Sex DOB

KNOWN BLACK FEMALE

Home Address Home Phone SSN Driver's License

Work Address Work Phone Occupation

Sobriety Injury Treated Victim Type Email Address

GUN SHOT WOUND HOSPITALIZED UNKNOWNEnglish Proficiency Language Access Language

MODUS OPERANDI

16 Criminal Activity 17 Motive 18 Targets

19 Method of Entry 20 Point of Entry/Exit 21 Security Used Security Defeated

22 Residential 23 Outdoor Area 24 Comm. Establishment 25 Public Access Area

26 Movable 27 Structure Type 28 Structure Status

29 Off. Approach 30 Impersonated 31 Weapon 32 Firearm Features

33 Property Crimes 34 Person Crimes Sex Crime Specific

Additional Descriptions

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Reporting Officer #1 Badge Emp. ID Reporting Officer #2 Badge Emp. ID Car Number Platoon

PO I AMANDA D. WILLIAMS 1255 25795 0 607 C

Detective Assigned Approving Supervisor Badge Crime Lab Other

SERGEANT KERMANSHEIAH K. PERKINS 328

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NARRATIVE

ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:31 P.M., OFFICER AMANDA WILLIAMS, MANN ING UNIT 607 OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT,

WAS NOTIFIED VIA N.O.P.D. DISPATCH TO INVESTIGATE A SIGNAL 94, RELATIVE TO ILLEGAL USE OF W EAPONS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF

SOPHIE WRIGHT PLACE AND FELICITY STREET. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE PROPER SIGNAL WAS DETERMINED

TO BE A SIGNAL 30S, RELATIVE TO HOM ICIDE BY SHOOTING.

UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICER WILLIAMS OBSERVED A KNOWN BLACK FEMALE VICTIM, WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HER RIGHT LEG ON THE

SIDEWALK AT THE LOCATION. OFFICER WILLIAMS ALSO OBSERVED A KNOWN BLACK MALE VICTIM, WITH SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO

HIS BODY, PARTIALLY INSIDE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF A SILVER MERCEDEZ-BENZ SUV AT THE LOCATION.

UNIT 699 OFFICER DONALD WISE, UNIT 621 OFFICER IVAN MCINTYRE, UNIT 627 OFFICER AKRON DAVIS, ALL OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT

WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

TWO KNOWN BLACK MALE SUBJECTS WERE DETAINED ON SCENE.

OFFICER WILLIAMS OBSERVED A RUGER SEMIAUTOMATIC, SR45 MODEL, .45 AUTO CALIBER, SERIAL NUMBER 380-09942, WITH THE

MAGAZINE REMOVED, ON THE HOOD OF AN OR ANGE HUMMER AT THE LOCATION. OFFICER WILLIAMS, WHILE WEARING LATEX GLOVES,

CLEARED AND SECURED THE FIREARM. OFFICER WILLIAMS DISCOVERED A LIVE 45 AUTO ROUND IN THE CHAMBER OF THE FIREARM.

OFFICER WILLIAMS OBSERVED THE MAGAZINE TO BE CLEAR OF ROUNDS. WHEN DETERMINED TO BE SAFE, OFFICER WILLIAMS PLACED

THE FIREARM IN THE REAR OF HER MARKED POLICE UNIT. A BLACK HOLSTER WAS ALSO RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE AND PLACED IN

THE REAR OF OFFICER W ILLIAMS' MARKED PATROL UNIT.

OFFICERS MCINTYRE AND WISE TRANSPORTED BOTH KNOWN SUBJECTS TO HOMICIDE PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

OFFICER WILLIAMS ALSO INVESTIGATED A RELATED SIGNAL 20, RELATIVE TO AN AUTO ACCIDENT AT THE SCENE, UNDER N.O.P.D. ITEM D-

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UNIT 1637, DETECTIVE CHRISTOPHER PUCCIO, OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT PROPERTY D.I.U., WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 1674, OFFICERS MATT BENCIK AND CHARLES HAW AND UNIT 1678, OFFICERS RANDY WALTON AND DEVIN ASHMORE, ALL OF THE

SIXTH DISTRICT TASK FORCE WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 640, SERGEANT KERMANSHIAH PERKINS WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE TO SUPERVISE.

EMS SPRINT UNIT 6249, MANNED BY TECHNICIAN C. GUIDRY, EMS UNIT 3224, MANNED BY TECHNICIANS S. PIERRE AND J. MEHAN, AND

EMS UNIT 3215, MANED BY TECHNICIANS S. SHERMAN AND C. VOGELS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO TREAT THE VICTIMS.

THE BLACK MALE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT 11:45 P.M. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016 BY DR. CROUCH OF UNIVERSITY

MEDICAL CENTER.

THE BLACK FEMALE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER VIA EM S UNIT 3215.

N.O.F.D. LADDER 8 ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 4150, SERGEANT WAYNE DELARGE, OF HOMICIDE, WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 4100, LIEUTENANT JIMMIE TURNER, OF HOMICIDE, WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 4156, DETECTIVE JAMAANE ROY, UNIT 4154, DETECTIVE GREGORY JOHNSON, UNIT 4152, DETECTIVE ROBERT BACHELOR, ALL OF

HOMICIDE, WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 5133, CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN SHEAGO LASTIE, UNIT 5169, CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN TED KOELLING, AND UNIT 5150, CRIME LAB

LIEUTENANT ERROL FOY, WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED TO PROCESS THE SCENE.

UNIT 5076, FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR #13 JENNIFER TRIJUEROS, ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 7270, CORONER'S INVESTIGATOR BRIAN LAPEYROLERIE, ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 6240, EMS CHIEF BOUVIER ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 6272, EMS P.I.O. E. BELCHER ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 2224, OFFICER JUAN BARNES, OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 4821, MICHAEL KITCHENS, OF THE D.A.S OFFICE, ARRIVED ON SCENE.

UNIT 1600, LIEUTENANT NICHOLAS GERNON, OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT D.I.U., ARRIVED ON SCENE.

CORONER JEFFERY ROUSE WAS NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE.

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UNIT 3029, CORONER TECHNICIANS RODNEY ROBINSON AND BYRON VALLERY WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE TO REMOVE

THE DECEASED MALE VICTIM'S REMAINS.

UNIT 3320, L. NICKERSON AND UNIT 311, L. CRAFT, OF THE NEW ORLEANS AUTO POUND ARRIVED ON SCENE TO REMOVE THE INVOLVED

VEHICLES ON SCENE.

TAMARA JACKSON, VICTIM'S ADVOCATE, ARRIVED ON SCENE.

OFFICER WILLIAMS CONTACTED N.C.I.C. SMITH REGARDING THE FIREARM AND WAS NOTIFIED THERE WAS NO RECORD FOR THE

FIREARM.

OFFICER WILLIAMS RELOCATED TO C.E. & P. WHERE THE FIREARM, MAGAZINE, AND HOLSTER WERE PLACED ON THE BOOKS AS

EVIDENCE UNDER C.E. & P. RECEIPT D-10616-16.

OFFICER WILLIAMS' BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC) WAS ACTIVATED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPO RT.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED WHEN OFFICERS WILLIAMS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SHE WAS ABLE TO DETAIN TWO POSSIBLE PERPETRATORS,

ALONG WITH SEVERAL WITNESSES AND RECOVER A FIREARM THAT WAS FOUND ON SCENE. OFFICER WILLIAMS BRIEFLY OBSERVED

VICTIM NUMBER TWO LAYING ON THE GROUND SCREAMING FOR HELP BEFORE SHE WAS CARTED OFF BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNIT

(EMS). OFFICER WILLIAMS IN THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT MADE AN ERROR BY LISTING THE VICTIM AS A WHITE FEMALE WHEN IN FACT

SHE IS A LIGHT COMPLEXION AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE.

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