After week of deadly violence, New Orleans coroner IDs man killed in shooting, police car crash

A man who crashed into an unmarked New Orleans police vehicle after being fatally shot in the Little Woods neighborhood this week was identified as 25-year-old Willie Cuevas, the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office said Friday.

The fatal shooting on Wednesday was one of several during a particularly violent week in New Orleans.

At about 5:43 p.m. Wednesday, an officer called for assistance after Cuevas’ sedan crashed into the unmarked vehicle parked near a residence in the 12900 block of Ashland Drive, according to NOPD…

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