NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Thurgood Mashall Academy on Canal Street was closed on Friday in remembrance of two students, both shot and killed less than two weeks apart.
On December 26, 7-year-old Dillan Burton was shot and killed while riding in a car with her mother and sister and Algiers.
Barely a week later, 12-year-old Derrick Cash was shot to death on Michoud Boulevard near the lake.
No arrests have been made in either case.