On December 4, 2021, Lorenzo Cortez, 27, was shot and killed in the 3100 block of Mistletoe Street in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans. The New Orleans Police Department responded and opened a firearm-related homicide investigation.

Investigators identified a suspect and an arrest was made. Juanita Adams was taken into custody and later indicted by an Orleans Parish grand jury on one count of second-degree murder with a firearm. District Attorney Jason Williams announced the indictment as the case proceeds through the criminal justice system.

If anyone in Hollygrove saw activity on Mistletoe Street that night or has information about Cortez or the shooting, please come forward to investigators.