US EditionMan Shot, Killed in New Orleans Carjacking While Picking up Child From Daycare
The father was killed after being carjacked at a daycare parking lot; the suspect was found critically injured and may face first-degree murder charges.
- A father was killed in a shooting around 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, in a Mid-City parking area at the Abeona House daycare as he was there to pick up his child.
- The shooting followed a carjacking by 21-year-old Raymond Wells, who opened fire and then sped away in the victim's stolen vehicle, prompting police to track the car using license plate readers.
- Wells was later found shot in the head inside the stolen car on Interstate 10 near the Bonnabel exit, and police are investigating the incident, with bullet casings recovered nearby.
- NOPD Supt. Nicholas Gernon stated that Raymond Wells sustained a single gunshot wound to the head and, if he survives, will face first-degree murder charges; witnesses indicated that Wells appeared to be involved in suspicious activity in that block prior to the incident.
- The investigation remains active, and community members, including the victim's employer, called for prayers and remembrance, with plans to honor him at a local festival this weekend.
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NOPD: Man fatally shot while picking up child from nursery
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal carjacking that started in Mid-City and ended with the alleged suspect critically wounded on I-10. The NOPD said the carjacking victim was shot on Bienville but died a few blocks away on Canal Street around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Police said he was picking up his child from a nursery. Four hours later, deputies allegedly f…
Father killed while picking up child from daycare in Mid-City
Police said the victim was found in a parking lot of Abeona House Child Discovery Center on Canal Street after being shot and killed during a carjacking while picking up his child around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
'A horrible crime.' New Orleans father killed, carjacked while picking child up from day care
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