Murders over the long weekend pushed New Orleans’ homicide count beyond the total number recorded in 2020.
According to the latest data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission there have been 205 homicides in New Orleans so far this year.
There were 201 homicides in all of 2020.
Last year, as of September 5, there were 139 homicides reported.
The Labor Day weekend was a rough one. NOPD responded to five carjackings, at least four armed robberies, and five shootings.
If crime stays on this pace, the head of the MCC Rafael Goyeneche said New Orleans could surpass the total number of homicides in 2021, 218, by the end of September.
