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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department has arrested a man accused of an early April shooting that sent two to the hospital, including a teenager.
On April 2, just before 7:30 p.m., the NOPD responded to the double shooting in the Tulane/Gravier area in the 2400 block of Saint Louis Street. Police say a man opened fire on a crowd of people, wounding a woman and a 14-year-old girl.
Through investigation, the NOPD was able to identify 38-year-old Gerard Zachary Turner as the person responsible for the shooting. On Monday (May 1) morning, Turner surrendered to detectives.
Turner was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center where he faces two counts of aggravated battery, felony possession of a firearm, and for discharge of a firearm during a violent crime.
The shooting remains under investigation by the NOPD.
Anyone with additional information on this incident or on Turner’s whereabouts is urged to contact NOPD First District detectives at 504-658-6010. Those wishing to report information anonymously can do so by calling Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.
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