Chris Welty

New Orleans

Reporter at WVUE-TV (New Orleans, LA)

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K9 teams sweep Hope Haven fire rubble as investigators search for cause

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

MARRERO, La. (WVUE) – Search and rescue dogs joined investigators Thursday at the scene of the Hope Haven fire, combing through the rubble of a historic classroom building in Marrero as officials work to confirm no one was inside during the blaze. Marrero-Harvey Fire Chief Stephen Guidroz said it took nearly 12 hours to fully extinguish the fire, which gutted the decades-old structure and caused parts of the building to collapse.
New Orleans Jewish community heightens security as Israel-Iran conflict escalates

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Jewish community in New Orleans is taking extra security precautions amid rising global tensions stemming from the Israel-Iran conflict. “People are understandably nervous and scared given what they’ve seen in the news,” said Aaron Bloch with the Jewish Federation of New Orleans. While there are no known local threats, Bloch said recent global events are a stark reminder that acts of extremism can unfold quickly.
Louisiana bill would remove gun-free buffer around school zones

1 week ago | kalb.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is voicing opposition to a proposed state law that would allow Louisiana residents 18 and older to carry firearms, permitted or not, within school zones, up to school property lines. Senate Bill 101, authored by State Senator Blake Miguez, is awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature after passing the legislature. Miguez defends the measure as a necessary protection of Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens.
Louisiana bill would remove gun-free buffer around school zones

1 week ago | kplctv.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is voicing opposition to a proposed state law that would allow Louisiana residents 18 and older to carry firearms, permitted or not, within school zones, up to school property lines. Senate Bill 101, authored by State Senator Blake Miguez, is awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature after passing the legislature. Miguez defends the measure as a necessary protection of Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens.
Louisiana bill would remove gun-free buffer around school zones

1 week ago | wlox.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is voicing opposition to a proposed state law that would allow Louisiana residents 18 and older to carry firearms, permitted or not, within school zones, up to school property lines. Senate Bill 101, authored by State Senator Blake Miguez, is awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature after passing the legislature. Miguez defends the measure as a necessary protection of Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens.
Louisiana bill would remove gun-free buffer around school zones

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is voicing opposition to a proposed state law that would allow Louisiana residents 18 and older to carry firearms, permitted or not, within school zones, up to school property lines. Senate Bill 101, authored by State Senator Blake Miguez, is awaiting Gov. Jeff Landry’s signature after passing the legislature. Miguez defends the measure as a necessary protection of Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens.
Bill would eliminate gun-free buffer zone around schools

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A bill awaiting Governor Jeff Landry’s signature would eliminate the buffer zone around schools, allowing individuals to carry firearms up to a school’s property line. State Sen. Blake Miguez said Senate Bill 101 strengthens law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights. If Landry signs the legislation, Louisiana residents 18 and older will be able to carry a firearm, with or without a permit, in a school zone, up to the school’s property line.
New ordinance aims to create facial recognition transparency

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The recent jailbreak in Orleans Parish has sparked renewed scrutiny of the city’s use of facial recognition software and real-time crime alerts. On Thursday morning, Councilmember Helena Moreno introduced an ordinance to revise New Orleans’ facial recognition policy. The legislation would create a public dashboard, developed, monitored and updated by the New Orleans Police Department, the city’s Office of Homeland Security and the Real-Time Crime Center.
NOPD Chief: I support facial recognition technology with boundaries

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans looks to revise its facial recognition policy as the New Orleans Police Department pauses real-time alerts from Project NOLA. Chief Anne Kirkpatrick supports this technology, but she said parameters must be in place. “I am a supporter of this technology, but while the ordinance restricts it, my oath of office says and I mean it that I will follow the laws of this city,” Kirkpatrick said.
Police chief offers legal help if New Orleans fugitives turn themselves in

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Welty

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nearly a month after Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center, NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is making a direct appeal to the fugitives and offering help if they turn themselves in. Speaking at a joint press conference with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Kirkpatrick said law enforcement officials believe at least one of the two escapees may still be in the New Orleans metro area.