Two men killed Tuesday (May 21) in separate shootings in Algiers and Central City have been identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office.
Jeremy Sanders, 23, was killed in an apparent drive-by shooting near the busy Algiers intersection of General Meyer and Ogden avenues, the coroner said. Two others were wounded in the shooting, New Orleans police said.
Derrell Washington, 31, was killed in a shooting in the 2100 block of Willow Street, in Central City, the coroner said.
In the Algiers triple shooting that resulted in Sanders’ death, NOPD said two occupants of two cars on General Meyer Avenue engaged in a shootout that began at West Homestead Drive and ended near Flanders Street. The driver of a gray Acura sedan pushed one of his passengers out of the vehicle near a New Orleans Fire Department station and then struck a black Mercedes SUV near Horace Street. Another passenger fled the scene, police said.
The driver -- now identified as Sanders -- was killed, and the two passengers were injured, police said
The Acura TL, damaged in the front and riddled with more than 20 bullet holes on the driver’s side, was in the middle of General Meyer westbound. Blood could be seen on the driver’s door.
Little information about the Central City shooting was released by authorities, other than that Washington was shot more than once to his upper body and officers found him outside. He was taken by EMS to a hospital, where he died.
The shootings occurred about eight and a half hours apart. Police responded about 2:50 p.m. to the General Meyer scene, where traffic was blocked as they investigated. Officers were called to the Central City fatal shooting about 11:15 p.m.
Anyone with information about either homicide is asked to contact NOPD’s Homicide Division at 504-658-5300 or provide information anonymously through Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
Staff writer Hanna Krueger contributed to this report.
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