Yesterday, in the streets of New Orleans, Nathaniel Freeman, a young man not long past the cusp of 17, was arrested by NOPD Seventh District officers in collaboration with the New Orleans FBI Gang Task Force; the location was the 4800 block of Shalimar Drive, and the charges against him, severe, a stark list of allegations painting a picture of violence: two separate shootings and an armed robbery, as detailed by the NOPD News.
Freeman, born March 25, 2008, had been caught up in the grasp of the law in connection to an armed robbery that transpired at Foch Road and Pines Boulevard on February 20 and he was also implicated in two separate instances of aggravated battery by shooting one at 6600 Coveview Court on May 10, while the other took place at 6500 Dwyer Road on June 2.
The arresting officers who swooped in on Freeman discovered two firearms within the confines of his vehicle; one weapon notably outfitted with an extended magazine, the prospects of such firepower in young hands an unsettling reminder of the city's grappling with the tendrils of gun violence.
Post-arrest, Nathaniel Freeman faced the somber procession toward the Orleans Justice Center, where he was processed and booked.
