NOPD fails to arrest wanted man on five warrants before deadly shooting

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Shawn Dent’s life changed with a single phone call on May 2, 2026.

“I’ll never forget it. It was a Saturday morning,” he said. “We thought it may have been a spam caller.”

The call was from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office. His son, 25-year-old Nicholas Dent, had been killed…

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