On the evening of Saturday, December 13, 2025, police responded to a reported shooting in the 900 block of Saint Maurice Avenue in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans. First responders found 63-year-old Pauline Hooker unresponsive on a porch; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene from fatal gunshot wounds. The Orleans Parish Coroner identified Hooker and authorities classified the death as a homicide.

Officers secured the scene and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses or evidence. As of the latest reports, no suspect has been publicly named, no arrests have been announced, and police have not released a motive or descriptions of any potential perpetrators. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers.

Did anyone in the Holy Cross area see or hear anything on the evening of December 13 that might help this investigation?