Email Blast
NOPD 2nd District
The following email is circulating around the district. I have received countless inquiries. The email is not credible. It says…
A friend's mom (who works at the Metro Juvenile DA's office) called and said they have received "credible" information from their Gang prevention unit
that there is about to be a major surge in gang initiations over the next few weeks. These initiations involve random shootings that are required to
"make it" into the gang. They are especially going to be targeting women and unsuspecting people out in shopping mall parking lots. They are supposedly
going to be coming up and asking for directions. They are urging everyone to be VERY cautious and VERY aware of your surroundings. Which I know we all
should be anyway, but one more warning sure can't hurt. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!
Please note that this information is not true. There is no Metro Juvenile DA’s Office – it does not exist. In speaking with the NOPD and JPSO Intelligence Unit’s, there is absolutely no credible information that this has occurred, or is about to occur. I also checked with the
I believe this email to be nothing more than a hoax. If you look on http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/directions.asp, you will see a strikingly similar hoax involving gang initiations. This email is just the latest spin on an old hoax that has been flying around cyber space.
Captain Kirk Bouyelas
Second District Commander
New Orleans Police Department
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