On July 16, 2022, a sixteen-year-old juvenile was taken into custody by the Kenner Police Department and charged as a Principal to Second Degree Murder. This is the second juvenile to be arrested for the March 25, 2022 homicide of Terral McGee, 26, of Kenner who was shot and killed in the 700 block of Vouray Drive in Kenner.

Kenner Police have been investigating a number of shootings, between two opposing groups, that have occurred over several months in and around the Forty Second Street and Newport Place area of Kenner. The two most recent shooting incidents occurred on June 26, 2022, at 11:45 PM, where several suspects engaged in an exchange of gunfire in the 1600 block of Newport Place, Kenner, and again, on June 29, 2022, at 9:00 AM, in the 1600 block of Newport Place, a fifteen-year-old shot a thirteen-year-old. The fifteen-year-old was arrested the following day.

Kenner Police believe the March homicide is related to the ongoing dispute between the two opposing groups.

Kenner Police Detectives have executed five different search warrants during the course of the investigation which have resulted in nine guns seized and seven people arrested, some on multiple offenses. The charges include Second Degree Murder, Attempt Second Degree Murder, Narcotics and Burglary. In addition to the guns, a bullet proof vest and narcotics were also seized.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.

Anyone having any information are asked to contact the Kenner Police at (504) 712-2222 or Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.

Crime tips can also be submitted to the Kenner Police Department website: https://www.kennerpd.com/