New Orleans Police Department superintendent discusses mistaken prisoner release incident

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick held a quality league to sermon a mistaken captive merchandise incidental connected Friday, July 25.

NOPD officials said Kirkpatrick would "address an incidental involving the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office successful which a captive was mistakenly released from custody."

"I privation to marque a sincere apology to the radical of caller Orleans. The mistake and merchandise of Khalil Bryan was a superior mistake and arsenic sheriff, I instrumentality afloat responsibility," Sheriff Susan Hutson said.

According to the OPSO, 30-year-old Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released owed to a clerical error. They said his incorrect merchandise was "due to a misidentification betwixt 2 individuals with a akin past name."

OPSO officials said Bryan faces non-violent and convulsive charges, including amerciable possession of stolen property, possession of cause paraphernalia and resisting an officer. Deputies said helium besides has an progressive warrant from Criminal District Court Section H for aggravated battle with a firearm, home maltreatment kid endangerment and location invasion.

He was reportedly besides being held arsenic portion of a warrant successful Jefferson Parish.

OPSO officials said the victims person been notified, arsenic good arsenic the NOPD, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office and the presiding judge.

A manhunt including some section and authorities partners is present underway to bring Bryan backmost into custody.

"The New Orleans constabulary department's convulsive discourtesy warrant squad is actively searching for Bryan and our section is responding with urgency," NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.

As of now, the OPSO is unsure if Bryan was alert of this mistake astatine the clip of his release.
The benignant of charges helium volition look upon his instrumentality to jailhouse is uncertain astatine this time.

"That volition beryllium up to the territory attorney's bureau arsenic to what benignant of charges volition beryllium filed, if any," Kirkpatrick said.

The OPSO is present conducting an interior probe into what led to this incidental and Hutson says disciplinary enactment is expected.

"This isn't astir blame. This is astir accountability and enactment and we are taking both. We are committed to correcting the interior processes that happened and preventing immoderate aboriginal incident," Hutson said.