Man arrested in Hollygrove shooting of teenager, New Orleans police say

A man was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the November shooting of a teenager in Hollygrove, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Michael McBride, 18, was booked into the Orleans Parish prison on a count of second-degree murder in connection to the shooting of 17-year-old Eric C. Simmons, III, in the 8600 block of Palmetto Street on Nov. 12, 2025, police said. He was booked at around 9:10 a.m., according to jail records.

McBride was arrested at a home in the 8400 block of Dixon Street in the Dixon neighborhood. The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad carried out the arrest…

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