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What will be the official ruling on the cause of Ian Kersting's death by June 30, 2025?
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Ian Kersting•New Orleans•South White Street•Kersting•Sexual Assault Kit Initiative•New Orleans Police Department
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Official investigation report from New Orleans Police Department or Orleans Parish Coroner's Office
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Assistant DA Ian Kersting Found Dead in DA's Office from Apparent Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Jan 5, 2025, 06:37 PM
Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting of the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office in New Orleans was found dead on Saturday night, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was discovered around 9 p.m. inside the DA’s office building at 619 South White Street, where EMS pronounced him deceased at the scene. Kersting had been working with the office's Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) unit, collaborating closely with New Orleans Police Department's sex crimes detectives to investigate and prosecute sexual offenses. Authorities have yet to release further details regarding his death.
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