Ian Kersting, a 34-year-old Assistant District Attorney in New Orleans, was found dead on Saturday night in an apparent suicide.
Kersting was found inside the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office building at 619 South White St. with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a report by Fox 8 Live. Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene but pronounced Kersting dead upon arrival, law enforcement confirmed.
The DA’s office released a statement about the incident, saying, “The Orleans Parish DA’s Office family suffered a terrible tragedy Saturday night.”
“Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting was a beloved member of our office, and we send our love and deepest condolences to his family,” the statement continued. “It’s important that we support each other right now, and we ask the media respect the privacy of the individuals impacted.”
Kersting was a prosecutor specializing in sexual assault cases. He worked in the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) unit, which specialized in working alongside the New Orleans Police Department’s sex crimes detectives to investigate and prosecute sexual offenses using DNA evidence. […]
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