NOPD Announces Preliminary Crime Statistics for April 14-20, 2024

The following is a weekly report of citywide crime statistics compiled by the NOPD Analytics Unit for the period of April 14-20, 2024.

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 made the following notable arrests:

• On April 15, the NOPD's Violent Offender Warrant Squad arrested Tirrell Gilmore Jr. (black male, DOB: 04-20-1996) in the investigation of a homicide that occurred on April 7, 2024, in the 100 block of North Carrollton Avenue. Gilmore was located and arrested in Jefferson Parish and later transported to Orleans Parish for booking on one count of second-degree murder.
• On April 11, the NOPD arrested Michael Bates-Browder (black male, DOB: 12-05-2000) in the investigation of a shooting that occurred on February 14, 2024, in the 100 block of Royal Street. Bates-Browder was located and arrested earlier this month in Clayton County, Ga. He was transported back to Louisiana on April 11, arrested by NOPD and booked accordingly into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
• On April 17, the NOPD arrested Ted Lee Jordan Jr. (black male, DOB: 02-01-1976) in the investigation of a June 2023 homicide in the 8000 block of Old Gentilly Road. Jordan was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one charges of second-degree murder.
• On April 18, the NOPD arrested Ronell Reeder (black male, DOB: 05-20-2002) in the investigation of a homicide that occurred earlier that day in the 4000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Reeder was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on two counts of second-degree murder.
• Throughout the week of April 15-19, the NOPD Special Operations Division's Violent Offender Warrant Squad - with the assistance of the U.S. Marshal Service, New Orleans EMS and NOPD district patrol officers - conducted a fugitive round-up operation throughout the city. This operation resulted in 15 suspects being arrested or detained in connection with 32 incidents. The roundup concentrated on investigations stemming from fugitives in shooting-related incidents and armed robbery incidents involving a gun.

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

Year to date, the NOPD has made 216 arrests for illegal possession of a firearm. This is a 30-percent decrease compared to 308 arrests made during the same period in 2023.

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