Michelle Hunter

Updated of 2 Evacuations are underway in the same Avondale neighborhood where a natural gas explosion claimed the life of

Jurors deliberated for just under an hour Thursday before convicting a Metairie man of murder for ambushing a rival at an Airline Drive intersection and opening fire, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office.

Jefferson Parish jurors deliberated for just 30 minutes before handing up a guilty verdict for a defendant accused of killing a man and woman inside a West Bank house, according to court records.

Victim's sister still hospitalized. Grieving family members have identified one of the 17-year-old girls killed when a vehicle fleeing Jefferson Parish deputies crashed into her car in New Orleans on Wednesday night.

New Orleans police have arrested a woman who allegedly hit a vehicle during a police chase late Wednesday that started at Lakeside Shopping Center, killing two teen girls and injuring a third passenger.

"This all could have been prevented. Why chase them because they stole something out of a store at the mall?"

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives investigating a pair of Metairie shootings , reported minutes and miles apart, later determined that

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a shooting in Harvey that left three men in critical condition Sunday evening.

An alleged gunmen, his girlfriend and another man have been charged in the homicide while authorities are still searching for another suspect.