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75-Year-Old Missouri Tourist Beaten to Death in New Orleans Hotel Room

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A 75-year-old tourist from Missouri was beaten to death in his New Orleans hotel room late Thursday night.

New Orleans Police said they were called to the Club Wyndham Avenue Plaza hotel on St. Charles Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. and found the man unresponsive with head trauma, WWL reported .

They also found 29-year-old Martin Hurtado, identified as the suspect, in the room’s bathroom and took him into custody. Furtado was not staying at the hotel, police said. He has been charged with second degree murder.

The victim was transported to a hospital, where he died about an hour later. Investigators believe he was beaten to death with fists and not a weapon.

WVUE reported that police were called when someone pulled a fire alarm and tried to get into a room. When officers arrived, they were told that someone had gotten into a room occupied by a guest.

Detectives said the victim was visiting New Orleans with his family, WWL said, but they didn’t say where the family was at the time of the beating or whether the family members were staying in separate rooms.

No other information was released.

Hurtado is being held on a $350,000 bail, according to jail records .

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NEW ORLEANS - A 75-year-old man from Missouri visiting New Orleans with his family was beaten to death in a hotel late Thursday night.

WWL-TV reports New Orleans police were called out to the Avenue Plaza Hotel on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans just before 11 p.m. Officers arrived to find the unresponsive tourist in a hotel room with apparent head trauma.

The man, later identified by the coroner as David Sorenson, was taken to a hospital but did not survive the attack, the news outlet reported. Police believe he was physically beaten to death with fists rather than a weapon.

Officers then located the suspect, 29-year-old Martin Furtado, in the room's bathroom. Furtado was not staying in that room or in the hotel. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. He was booked on a $350,000 bond, according to WWL-TV.

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Sorenson was from Missouri, and he was visiting New Orleans with his family.

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Man arrested in Missouri man’s fatal beating in New Orleans hotel

Elderly man visiting from Missouri beaten to death inside hotel room

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man is in custody after he allegedly entered a New Orleans hotel room and fatally beat an elderly man from Missouri who was visiting the city with his wife, police said.

The 75-year-old man was found unresponsive in a room Thursday night at the Avenue Plaza Hotel in the city’s Garden District neighborhood. He later died at an area hospital.

Martin Hurtado, 29, of New Orleans, faces a charge of second-degree murder. Magistrate commissioner Jay Daniels set bond Friday at $350,000. It was unknown if Hurtado has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

Police told multiple news outlets they were called to the hotel after someone pulled a fire alarm around 11 p.m. and tried to get into a room on the sixth floor. The victim’s wife told police that when she saw an unknown man enter their room, she ran into the bathroom, then saw the man punch her husband in the face, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate  reported.

At that point she ran to get help, prosecutors said during Hurtado’s court appearance. When police arrived, officers found the victim on the floor of his room. The victim’s wife was not physically injured.

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will determine how the victim died and release his name upon completion of an autopsy.

The suspect had no connection to the victim or the hotel, police said. Anyone with information about the killing is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans or the police department’s homicide division.

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New Orleans shocked after horrific killing of tourist in hotel during holiday tourism season

The new orleans police department says the beating death was a "random act of violence".

The brutal beating death of a tourist in New Orleans earlier this month is sending chills through the city during its holiday tourism season.

Horrific hotel killing of a tourist in New Orleans shocks city during holiday tourism season

The brutal beating death of a tourist in New Orleans earlier this month is sending chills through the city during its holiday tourism season.

The brutal beating death of a tourist in New Orleans is sending chills through the city during its holiday tourism season. 

It's also adding to the city's reputation as one of the most dangerous places in America . 

The New Orleans Police Department says the death of 73-year-old David Sorenson, visiting from Missouri, was a random act of violence. 

On December 1, Sorenson and his wife were asleep in their room at the Avenue Plaza Hotel on St. Charles when they heard a knock on their door. Police say a man entered and beat Sorenson to death while his wife took cover in the bathroom. 

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29-year-old Martin Hurtado, who worked at a nearby restaurant, was arrested for the crime. 

This horrific incident, along with New Orleans on track to be the murder capital of America this year, is leading some business owners in the city's tourist district to fear visitors just might stop coming. 

Monique Hamilton, co-owner of Unique Nola Tours, says her tour guides need more work. 

"I employ 15 tour guides," Hamilton said. "We offer 7 different tours but in the last couple weeks, we're lucky if we do two or three tours in one day. It's slow. It really is." 

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A tourist takes a photo of street performers in New Orleans' French Quarter. (Fox News / Fox News)

Hamilton says the city's winter busy season really picks up in January, but she wonders how crime is having an impact. 

As of December 11, 2022, there have been 264 homicides in New Orleans. This is the most homicides per residents in the United States, passing St. Louis, Chicago and New York City. It's also a 134% increase from just three years ago. In 2019, New Orleans had 113 homicides, according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission . 

"Even though the vast majority of the crime is between people who know each other, that would scare some people off," Hamilton said. "People that have never been here, I think this will deter them." 

Since starting her tour company in 2016, Hamilton says crime concerns have always been part of the conversation. She believes this slower season has more to do with inflation and people not having the money to travel, but she can't rule out crime. 

"We get asked about crime, especially for corporate events, but I don't think it's overly affecting tourism," Hamilton said. 

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A jazz band performs for tourists in the French Quarter.  (Fox News / Fox News)

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Hamilton's business has had its fair share of incidents over the last year, but she's thankful none of her guests or guides have been injured. 

In May, her security cameras captured an attempted shooting outside the door to her shop. The video shows a man firing a gun, but it jams. Bystanders drop to the floor as the men involved run in different directions. 

Hamilton also had two tour guides attacked in the last six months. 

"One was a resident who lived in the French Quarter," Hamilton said. "He came up and pushed one of my tour guides down. The other one was a homeless person who came up to one of the tour guides and pulled out a knife." 

Hamilton says in both incidents, the tour guides were able to quickly get their groups to safety. 

"The guides are prepared for this," Hamilton said. "They know this stuff is unavoidable in the French Quarter. You have to expect something is going to happen because it happens everywhere, doesn't matter the city." 

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Tourists visiting New Orleans last week were surprised to learn of the crime trends in the city while speaking with Fox News, but told us they were keeping safety in mind. 

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Most of the tourists who spoke with Fox News were surprised to learn of the city's rampant crime trends.  (Fox News / Fox News)

"We're not loose with flashing money around, and we're not staying out late at night," said Sophia and James Smith, visiting from the Houston area. 

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"We always look out and watch," said John and Janet Allison from Louisville. "He puts his wallet in his front pocket and I keep my bag over my shoulder and zipped." 

This year of rampant crime also comes at a time when the NOPD is at record-low numbers. For the last year, those in the hospitality industry have funded additional patrols of the French Quarter. 

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Tourist Murdered While Wife Hid In Hotel Bathroom

On December 1st, a tourist was murdered in a New Orleans hotel room as his wife hid in the bathroom. Louisiana officials claim the man killed suffered injuries to the head before being transported to the hospital. Upon arrival, he was pronounced dead .

Suspect Was On The Scene

When police arrived at the hotel, they found a man who was not a guest at the establishment. 29-year-old Martin Hurtado happened to still be on the scene as police were questioning people at the hotel. They arrested the suspect for the incident under the count of second-degree murder. The tourist murdered was identified as David Sorenson, a 73-year-old man from Missouri. The coroner stated Sorenson died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Details Of The Incident

Security footage found at the hotel shows the suspect knocking on every door on the hotel’s sixth floor. Someone pulled a fire alarm as the suspect was moving through the halls. Sorenson’s wife heard the alarm and opened the door, and the suspect burst into the room. Hurtado immediately starts attacking Sorenson, and his wife jumps in the bathroom in fear for her safety. Before she shut the door, she remembered seeing her husband get punched in the face.

Sorenson lived in St. Louis and was a beloved husband and father to four children. Hurtado remains under custody in New Orleans.

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A teenager arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a tourist is in court today

A 16-year-old arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a tourist is due in court Thursday morning.

According to the New Orleans Police Department, the 16-year-old was arrested in connection to the murder. He was arrested in Jefferson Parish on unrelated charges. The investigation is ongoing and detectives say they're following other leads.

The 16-year-old was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge he faces for allegedly killing Jacob Carter.

Carter was a bagel shop owner from Tacoma, Washington.

He was shot and killed just outside the French Quarter days into the new year.

The hearing for the 16-year-old, who is a male, was jointly continued by the district attorney's office and the teen's defense lawyer as the district attorney is still deciding if the teen will be tried as a juvenile or as an adult.

His age and the nature of the crime do allow the district attorney to charge the teen as an adult if he chooses.

The matter is before juvenile Judge Desiree Cook Calvin.

The next hearing is set for late February.

Earlier reports:

New details in the murder investigation of a tourist shot and killed in New Orleans while in town for the start of Carnival Season.

Neighbors tell WDSU they believe a blue car pulled out of Bayou St. John Tuesday is connected to the murder of 32-year-old Jacob Carter. He was shot and killed last Friday morning at the intersection of Bourbon and Kerlerec.

People believe the blue car belonged to the suspect who shot and killed Carter.

Workers told WDSU they called the cops after noticing the car floating in the bayou.

Brian Franklin lives in the Bayou St. John area and said, "Unfortunately, it's the time we live in. I know from years ago this is not really uncommon."

Carter was in town with his husband on vacation from Tacoma, Washington, when he was murdered. At this time, we do not know the circumstances surrounding the situation.

A resident in the area said surveillance turned over to NOPD clearly showed the shooter hopping inside a blue car after committing the crime. Another neighbor said he heard gunfire and then loud screams that night.

"I did see someone administering CPR to another person for several minutes. When the police arrived, they removed this person. He let out a horrible, horrible scream that I've never heard in a human," the resident said.

Tourists in town right now said the crime has reminded them to stay vigilant.

Darius from Boston said, "It's a crazy thing to hear that it was someone in town just as we are. Here, having a good time. And now they are no longer here."

WDSU reached out to Howdy Bagel, the shop Carter co-owned with his husband in Washington State. They are temporarily closed.

Over $200,000 has been donated since Carter's death.

Neighbors in the area of Bourbon and Kerlerec said Monday the street lights were not working at the time of the crime.

Since then, we reached out to the city, and the city was able to fix one light. On Wednesday, they were working to determine if other lights in the area also belonged to the city or to Entergy in solving the issue.

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New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter and wounds tourist

NEW ORLEANS — A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet penetrated the restaurant and wounded a Chicago tourist visiting for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Interim New Orleans police Superintendent Michelle Woodfork told reporters Saturday that the shooting happened outside Mandina’s Restaurant in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighborhood. No suspects have yet been named.

Woodfork said police believe two assailants targeted the waiter, whom family members identified to  The Times-Picayune  of New Orleans as 23-year-old Hilbert Walker III.

Police respond at the scene of a shooting outside Mandina's Restaurant in New Orleans.

A private security guard returned fire, Woodfork said, and was not injured. Diners told local news outlets that they dived to the floor seeking cover and that police didn’t let them leave for more than an hour.

The 54-year-old Chicago woman was visiting for Jazz Fest and was at Mandina’s “to celebrate the birthday of a friend,” when she was shot, Woodfork said. She did not say what condition the tourist was in.

The shooting caused alarm in New Orleans, a city with an economy dependent on tourism. It came on the first day of the two-weekend Jazz Fest, one of the busiest tourist periods in the city.

“This was an isolated incident that did not occur in the vicinity of the festival,” Woodfork said.

The restaurant announced it would be closed Saturday and Sunday.

The police department has about 150 to 180 officers providing security and directing traffic at the festival, Woodfork said. It’s held at the Fair Grounds Race Course, about 2 miles from the restaurant.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell sent her condolences to the victims in a statement.

“A celebratory day was later marred by another senseless act of violence,” she said.

Concerns about crime and poor city services recently drove a racially polarizing effort to recall Cantrell, a Black Democrat who is the first woman to lead the city. That effort failed in March after organizers fell far short of the number of signatures required to force a recall election.

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Arrest in killing of New Orleans waiter, wounding of tourist

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in connection with a shooting outside a popular New Orleans restaurant that left a waiter dead and a visitor from Chicago wounded, police said.

The suspect was arrested without incident in Houston by U.S. marshals with aid from the New Orleans Police Department. He was identified as Kyron Keith Fazande, 22. He was to be extradited to face charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

The shooting happened outside Mandina’s Restaurant on April 28, as thousands were in town for the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. A waiter, Hilbert Walker III, 23, was killed.

A Chicago woman sitting inside the restaurant was wounded by the gunfire.

Online records were not yet available on the arrest, and it was unclear if Fazande had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

This story corrects the suspect’s name.

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Mother, daughter killed, others injured after multi-vehicle crash

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The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened on I-85 near Exit 60 around 2 a.m.

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  14. Man booked with murder for Avenue Plaza hotel killing

    Dec 2, 2022. 1 min to read. Club Wyndham Avenue Plaza hotel photographed in New Orleans, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. A 75-year-old man from Missouri was beaten to death in his hotel room, according to ...

  15. New Orleans shocked after horrific killing of tourist in hotel during

    It's also adding to the city's reputation as one of the most dangerous places in America.. The New Orleans Police Department says the death of 73-year-old David Sorenson, visiting from Missouri ...

  16. A car believed to be connected to the murder of a tourist was ...

    New details in the murder investigation of a tourist shot and killed in New Orleans while in town for the start of Carnival Season. New Orleans Police say a 16-year-old was arrested in connection ...

  17. Tourist Murdered While Wife Hid In Hotel Bathroom

    Tourist Murdered While Wife Hid In Hotel Bathroom. R. Peña. December 7, 2022 · 1 min read. On December 1st, a tourist was murdered in a New Orleans hotel room as his wife hid in the bathroom. Louisiana officials claim the man killed suffered injuries to the head before being transported to the hospital. Upon arrival, he was pronounced dead.

  18. Local man beaten to death in New Orleans hotel

    WASHINGTON, Mo. - A man was beaten to death in a New Orleans hotel on Thursday night. The victim was identified as David Sorenson, a 75-year-old local businessman from Wildwood, Missouri. Fred ...

  19. Elderly man visiting from Missouri was beaten to death inside his hotel

    By FOX 8 Staff. Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 2:55 PM PST. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An elderly man visiting from Missouri was beaten to death inside his hotel room, according to NOPD. The incident ...

  20. A teenager arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a tourist

    A 16-year-old arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a tourist is due in court Thursday morning. According to the New Orleans Police Department, the 16-year-old was arrested in ...

  21. New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter and wounds tourist

    May 1, 2023, 8:02 AM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. By The Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS — A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet ...

  22. Killer of New Orleans tourist avoids possible life sentence with plea

    Published: Sep. 11, 2023 at 5:15 PM PDT. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man who brutally beat to death a 73-year-old Missouri tourist last December inside a St. Charles Avenue hotel room has been spared a ...

  23. Arrest in killing of New Orleans waiter, wounding of tourist

    Published 7:30 PM PST, May 8, 2023. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in connection with a shooting outside a popular New Orleans restaurant that left a waiter dead and a visitor from Chicago wounded, police said. The suspect was arrested without incident in Houston by U.S. marshals with aid from the New Orleans Police Department.

  24. Police issue endangered person advisory for missing 11-year-old boy in

    Police in Missouri issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 11-year-old boy. ... Woman accused of robbing New Orleans tourists after offering ride to hotel. ... New Orleans, LA 70125 ...

  25. Mother, daughter killed, others injured after multi-vehicle crash

    SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A mother and daughter were killed Sunday morning in a car crash that also injured multiple others.The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash ...