A 31-year-old man was killed this morning, May 23, on US 90 B at the Broad Street Overpass, around 4:45am. Responding to a traffic call, Sixth District officers discovered a black Infiniti Coupe covered in bullet holes, with the victim in the driver's seat. 

The horrific Mother's Day shooting left 19 people injured, some severely. In an effort to help the victims, folks can head to the Arts Market, near the Spotted Cat, (623 Frenchmen Street) at today’s Blood Drive. The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, the Blood Center, and the city came together for the event, which began at 3pm today and will go on until 9pm. 

Heeding persistent calls from the Department of Justice and citizens, the NOPD is feverishly working to expand its forces. Chief Ronal Serpas introduced new recruits today, with Class #169 set to put more highly trained feet on the street.

New Orleans longest sitting Judge was the victim of a five-man carjacking in the Carrolton area Tuesday night outside of his home at 7900 Birch St.

During JazzFest, pulled pork is commonplace in Mid-City, but stealing the bacon is taking things a step too far. Police are searching for the criminals who pilfered a pig statue in Mid-City amid the Fest. The statue, which was located outside of a home in the 3400 block of Esplanade Ave., depicts a pig wearing a chef's outfit and holding a sign that says "Eat More Crawfish." The statue was stolen on the morning of May 1, no doubt by a group now living high on the hog.

Three men administered a brutal beating in the CBD early Sunday morning to take a man's wallet and cell phone. About 3:45 a.m., a man and woman were walking in the 400 block of Carondelet Street. Video shows three men - one in cook's pants and one with a towel hanging from his belt - walking separately, then quickly surround the couple. The man is then hit from behind. Click through to watch the incident:

A Gentilly church was consumed by more than just the holy spirit on Sunday. A man set fire to the building while a service was on progress on May 19, at 10:27am. Cameras caught the arsonist, 36-year-old Sanders Floyd, pouring a combustible liquid on to the bottom of the front doors of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses church (4411 Congress Street) and then setting the fire.

Leaders in the Broadmoor community will unveil their latest crime-fighting initiative tonight, a surveillance program through ProjectNOLA. 

New Orleans police are looking for a squatting scoundrel following a Sunday night robbery in the French Quarter. About 10:30 p.m., video shows the man, whose face is covered by a bandana, hiding behind a parked car near the intersection of Ursulines Ave. and Dauphine St.

In this week's crime beat, a thief was caught on camera trying to pawn a stolen smart phone, three Tulane kids were robbed Saturday afternoon, and a routine stop in Central City yielded two loaded guns.