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NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department’s cold case unit have identified a suspect in a 2014 homicide investigation.
On Jan. 9, 2014, the NOPD reported that officers responded to the 4500 block of South Robertson Street, where they found 30-year-old Michael Young suffering with multiple gunshot wounds.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Monday, Sept. 16, NOPD detectives said they obtained a warrant for the arrest of 33-year-old Gordon Lewis on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the investigation.
NOPD officials said Lewis “was found to be in Louisiana Department of Corrections custody in DeQuincy, La on unrelated charges.”
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He will be extradited to Orleans Parish, where he will face the second-degree murder charge.
Anyone with information about the 2014 fatal shooting can call the NOPD Homicide Section Cold Case Unit District detectives at 504-658-5300.