New Orleans Police: Homicide suspect killed self as officers closed in

The New Orleans Police Department says it has cleared a homicide case that was first reported as a suicide.

Shortly before 4 a.m. August 14, NOPD was called to the 4200 block of Freret Street about an attempted suicide.

There, officers found 39-year-old Samantha Petry unresponsive. New Orleans EMS pronounced her dead at the scene…

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