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NOPD arrests suspect in 2 different murders

NOPD arrests suspect in 2 different murders
WWL.com

The New Orleans Police Department says it has arrested a man suspected of committing two different murders in the same day.

Police say the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Warrant Squad arrested 31-year-old Earl Simmons on Thursday for the two shootings that happened hours apart on January 6.


According to police, Simmons shot and killed 27-year-old Kayla Kelley shortly after 6 p.m. that night in the 2700 block of Washington Ave., just off S. Claiborne.

About four hours later, police responding to a reported shooting found 64-year-old Eddie Matthews suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at the corner of S. Liberty St. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Matthews was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police booked Simmons into Orleans Parish Prison on two counts of second degree murder.