A late-morning shooting in Central City left 59-year-old Willie Lemar Jr. dead on Monday, September 22, 2025. Police say the shooting happened in the 2700 block of LaSalle Street; emergency medical crews took Lemar to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The New Orleans Police Department opened a homicide investigation and detectives focused on a single suspect.

On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, authorities arrested 49-year-old Wallace Gilmore in the 3000 block of Freret Street. NOPD Homicide detectives, Sixth District officers and the department’s Violent Crime Abatement and Investigative Team took Gilmore into custody without incident; he was booked into the Orleans Justice Center and faces one count of second-degree murder in connection with Lemar’s death.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about Lemar’s activities that morning, please come forward to investigators.