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Curtis Gray, 19, faces two counts of second-degree murder tied
to the Nov. 17 shootings along a crowded parade route, according
to a news release from the New Orleans Police Department.
Gray allegedly fatally shot Rasean Carter, 21, and Malachi
Jackson, 19, at the Almonaster Avenue Bridge, authorities say.
Carter, an aspiring photographer who lived in Marrero just
across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, had planned to
document the Nine Times Social Aid & Pleasure Club's annual
outing and was accompanied by Jackson, his friend and uncle,
Nola.com reported. The parade was part of New Orleans'
long-running tradition of “second-lines” where revelers follow
brass bands marching through the streets and has deep ties to
the city's Black culture.
The deaths of Carter and Jackson were among a series of recent
lethal shootings in New Orleans. While most violence has been on
the decline in the city since mid-2023, there were three people
killed and eight wounded in six shootings over the past weekend
according to Nola.com.
On Thursday, New Orleans police arrested two men, Darrell
Fairley Jr., 18, and Cornelius G. Tillman, 19, in connection
with a Nov. 30 double homicide in New Orleans East.
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