NOPD Announces Preliminary Crime Statistics for September 15-21, 2024

The following is a weekly report of citywide crime statistics compiled by the NOPD Analytics Unit for the period of September 15-24, 2024.

Click the chart below for a larger version. Please note that these statistical figures are preliminary and subject to further analysis and revision.

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Notable arrests made

During the listed week, the NOPD also made the following notable arrest(s):

• On September 16, Courtney Cantrell (white male, DOB: 09-07-1988) was taken into custody by authorities in Poplar, Mont. The NOPD's Homicide Unit had obtained an arrest warrant for Cantrell on one count of second-degree murder in connection with a homicide that occurred on August 19 along the Mississippi River near Esplanade Avenue. Cantrell is awaiting extradition to Orleans Parish to face the murder charge.
• On September 16, 2024, NOPD Homicide Section Cold Case Unit detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Gordon Lewis (black male, DOB: 07-30-1991) in relation to a homicide incident that occurred on January 9, 2014, in the 4500 block of South Robertson Street. Lewis was found to be in Louisiana Department of Corrections custody in DeQuincy, La on unrelated charges. Lewis is awaiting extradition to Orleans Parish to face the murder charge.

Gun arrests (arrests made under LA RS 14:95 and sub-items)

Year to date, the NOPD has made 344 arrests for illegal possession of a firearm. This is a 42-percent decrease compared to 598 arrests made during the same period in 2023.

Gun seizures

Additionally, as of September 21, the NOPD in 2024 had seized 1,653 firearms in criminal investigations, a 21-percent decrease compared to 2,117 such seizures made during the same period in 2023.

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