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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 06/19/2025

Location : 1900 block of Tchoupitoulas Street

City : New Orleans

County : Orleans

State : Louisiana

Agency : New Orleans Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Stabbing

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On the morning of June 19, 2025, at approximately 10:45 a.m., officers assigned to a paid detail were flagged down in the 1900 block of Tchoupitoulas Street regarding a shoplifting incident at Walmart. Officers located a man matching the description near the store. When they attempted to intervene, he fled on foot into the street. As they pursued him for a short distance, he produced two knives and stabbed himself in the neck multiple times. Officers fired a taser at the dying man. The man was transported to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries later that day. The death is being treated as a suicide and is classified as an "in-custody death," and both the Independent Police Monitor and Federal Monitor were present on scene.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/nopd-shoplifting-suspect-dies-after-stabbing-himself/289-6809c34f-dc2d-4a0d-a579-80b5b9e64d41
https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-shoplifting-suspect-stabs-self-death-chase/65115954
https://krdo.com/news/2025/06/20/police-say-shoplifting-suspect-stabbed-himself-to-death-during-chase/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvyicCveBzk