Here's an inside look at the unit that closed more homicide cases last year than in any other year in the last decade.

At the end of last year, more than 250 homicide cases remained open, with victims’ family members and defendants still ...

A man was killed by gunfire in New Orleans, prompting a homicide probe by NOPD near Louisiana and South Claiborne Avenues.

An urgent manhunt is underway in Louisiana after authorities mistakenly released Khalil Bryan, 30, from the Orleans Justice Center due to a “human error.” ...

NEW ORLEANS — A person was killed in the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans East, officials confirmed Monday. The ...

The error comes as the jail and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office are still reeling from the escape of 10 inmates in the ...

Other crimes such as auto theft, carjackings and vehicle burglaries are down more than 30 percent compared to this time last ...

An all new season of the hit crime series Homicide Squad New Orleans premieres on A&E Thursday, July 17 at 9/8c. Those hoping ...

Seven years after Russell Teal Jr. was killed in Treme, his family holds onto memories and hope, as police continue searching ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting in New Orleans East. It happened in the 9000 block of ...

NEW ORLEANS — Once known as the murder capital, New Orleans has reduced violent crime to new levels.Since the beginning of the year, the city has had 54 murders, including the Bourbon Street attack.