It’s mission accomplished for the NOPD. The second accused shooter in the death of a two-year-old is locked up, and some of his buddies have been taken down with him.
Warrants were served late Thursday night, and between 3 and 4AM Friday morning, 21-year-old Bernell Pollard was processed, booked and charged with first-degree murder.
U.S. Marshals and the NOPD plucked Pollard and three others they say were harboring him out of a Tullis drive apartment in Algiers. Bernell Pollard is said to be the second shooter in the stray-bullet death of little Jeremy Galmon Sunday in Central City.
Bernell’s cousin, Jamiron Pollard, is the other suspected-shooter and was put away Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder after his arrest.
Three others were also arrested with Bernell Pollard. Bruce Pollard, a cousin of Bernell and Jamiron, Derielle Bernard and Joshua Franklin. The three are charged with accessories after the fact to first-degree murder.
Fed-up citizens in the community who called Crimestoppers with tips for police have been getting credit all week long from New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
“This would not have happened had not this community risen up. Individuals come forward. It is an example of how swiftly we can move if eyewitnesses say what they know and say what they saw.”