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2-alarm fire in St. Claude leads to homicide investigation

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A house fire in St. Claude leads to a homicide investigation.

Thursday night, New New Orleans firefighters battled a 2-alarm fire at a house on the corner of Desire and Urquhart Streets. Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters did a search and found the bodies of two male victims inside.


“After further investigation, one victim’s remains showed signs of foul play, apparent gunshot wound. The signal was then changed to a single homicide, along with an unclassified death,” according to a New Orleans Police Department press release.

The NOPD is now investigating the fire as a homicide. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will determine official cause of death and release the victims’ names after an autopsy and the families are notified.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Homicide Detective Leonard Bendy at 504-658-5300 or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.

Related: NOFD investigating fatal 2-alarm fire in St. Claude