Two people killed in separate shootings this week within two days on Bunker Hill Road were identified Thursday (June 6) by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office as Nicholas Pierre and Nia Lassai. The fatal shootings occurred around the corner from each other.
Pierre, 38, was fatally shot June 2 near the intersection of Bunker Hill Road and Yorktown Drive, Coroner Dwight McKenna’s office said.
Lassai, 21, was fatally shot June 4 in the 7200 block of Bunker Hill Road, the coroner’s office said.
About 10 p.m. June 2, New Orleans police responded to a call of a “male down” at Bunker Hill and Yorktown and found a man now identified as Pierre in the street with one or more gunshot wounds, according to NOPD. EMS took him to a hospital, where he died.
About 7:20 p.m. June 4, NOPD responded to a report of a shooting in the 7200 block of Bunker Hill and found a woman outside a home, police said. She had one or more gunshot wounds and EMS pronounced her dead on the scene.
NOPD is still investigating the homicides and has not release information about potential suspects or motives.
Anyone with information about Pierre’s shooting death is asked to NOPD Homicide Detective Jamaane Roy, who is leading the investigation, at 504-658-5300. Those with information about Lassai’s homicide are asked to contact Homicide Detective Joseph Jefferson, who is leading the investigation. Information can be provided anonymously through Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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