Incident

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8-06-2023 Louisiana New Orleans 1-1

Location

August 06, 2023

Walnut Square Apartments
8501 I-10 Service Rd
New Orleans, Louisiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 3
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Javonte Shelton
Age: 22
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Stray bullet
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child injured (not child shooter)

Notes

Victim, 3, sustained minimum of one GSW to head after subject was dry firing handgun in neighboring apartment.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/juvenile-shot-new-orleans-neighborhood-nopd-crime-shooting-gun-violence/289-f07ea533-cdf9-4d57-aae4-550eb90b71a1?fbclid=IwAR21-S9t-9n9LAQmAtwIrzBm0NoQia-w4yi1nhRW4DiJ5vxSjOXlU-ELkyY

URL: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/juvenile-shot-new-orleans-neighborhood-nopd-crime-shooting-gun-violence/289-f07ea533-cdf9-4d57-aae4-550eb90b71a1

URL: https://www.kplctv.com/2023/08/08/21-children-shot-killed-new-orleans-so-far-this-year-crime-watchdog-reports/

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 4
State House District: 100