Early in the spring of 2020, as then-state Rep. Ted James lay in a Baton Rouge hospital bed stricken with COVID, his friend and New Orleans City Council Member Helena Moreno sent a text message to Kamala Harris.
A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 25-year-old man was wounded in a shooting near Evans Playground Monday evening, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
A Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputy fired at the driver of a stolen vehicle Monday during a car chase through Metairie that ended with a crash into a civilian's vehicle, JPSO officials said. No one was hit by gunfire, authorities said.