The New Orleans Police Department has arrested 21-year-old Shawn Honora in the investigation of a hit-and-run traffic fatality that occurred during the early morning hours on Wednesday at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Read Boulevard.
“At about 2:47 a.m., NOPD Seventh District officers were dispatched to a traffic crash at the location. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive male victim who was declared on the scene to be deceased,” said an NOPD report.
After further investigation, NOPD detectives determined that a black 2021 Dodge Charger was traveling at a high rate of speed, disregarded the yellow light at the intersection, and struck the victim who was driving a motorcycle.
The driver of the Charger then fled the scene on foot and returned approximately a half-hour later. The suspect, later identified as Honora, was arrested for negligent homicide and for hit-and-run driving.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Traffic Fatality Investigator Danny Ellis at 504-658-6205.
