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🌱 Friday Shootings + More Juveniles Might Transfer To Angola

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor
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Hello there, New Orleans! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on in town.I'll get right to it.

First, today's weather:

Humid with a stray t-shower. High: 89 Low: 77.

Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today:

  1. NOPD responded to two shootings across New Orleans on Friday night. The first shooting resulted in a death when a man was shot on Toledo Street around 7:30 p.m. and was found suffering from a gunshot wound in front of a residence. The second shooting occurred on Tulane Avenue where a female victim was shot and taken to the hospital for treatment. (WDSU New Orleans)
  2. Governor Edwards has announced plans to transfer more juvenile offenders to Angola, not just the offenders currently housed at the Bridge City Youth Center. Edwards claims that all violent juvenile offenders across Louisiana are being considered but only the most violent ones will be moved to Angola, though the majority of violent offenders reside at Bridge City. (FOX 8 Local First)
  3. A 16-year-old girl has been missing since September 7 after leaving school in ride-share vehicle. Kaniya Hunt is currently considered a runaway but has not been seen or heard from since she left in the vehicle. (FOX 8 Local First)

Today in New Orleans:

  • Tulane University Women's Volleyball at Santa Clara University (noon)
  • Shofar Demonstration at the New Orleans JCC (4 p.m.)
  • New Orleans Tattoo Festival (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Happy first regular season game to the New Orleans Saints! The Saints will be playing the Falcons at noon today. (New Orleans Saints via Instagram)
  • Artist Louise Bourgeois's work is now on view at NOMA. The exhibit chronicles her arrival in New York in 1938 and her later turn to sculpture in the late 1940s.⁠ (NOMA via Instagram)
  • The Nix Library's American Disabilities Act modifications have been completed! The Library now as a wheelchair lift and a new restroom. (Press Release Desk)

You're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Shannon Denney

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