Lizzell Palma 16 year old honors roll student shot dead in Algiers murder-suicide by 20 year old ex boyfriend as New Orleans student was going to bus stop to go to Cohen High School.

A 16-year-old honors roll student from New Orleans, Louisiana, was shot and died in a murder-suicide by her 20-year-old ex-boyfriend while heading to the bus stop.

Lizzell Sarahy Palma Villeda was killed down on Wednesday morning, October 22, as she made her way to the bus stop to attend Walter L. Cohen High School, where she was a junior.
The 20-year-old ex-boyfriend spent an hour pacing the neighborhood before shooting the 16-year-old girl dead.

According to the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office, the assailant, a 20-year-old former boyfriend named Owen Zidany Salgada-Oro, later committed himself in the Behrman area using the murder weapon.


Ora was a former student at Walter L. Cohen High School according to WDSU.

A neighbor who witnessed the shooting said the suspect had the firearm in a backpack and took it out as Villeda walked toward him moments after leaving her family home, NOLA reported.

A witness said the 20 year old prior to the shooting had been lurking in the neighborhood, pacing back and forth for nearly an hour before walking up to the girl and pulling a gun on her, WWLTV reported.

New Orleans junior student a victim of domestic violence

Lizzell Palma shot dead in Algiers murder-suicide by ex boyfriend as New Orleans student was going to bus stop to go to Cohen High School.

Police responded to the scene at 7:49 a.m. and found Villeda and the alleged shooter lying in the street in Algiers. 

A makeshift memorial has popped up at the corner where Villeda, who went by Liz, was gunned down. Mourners left stuffed animals, prayer candles and balloons.

The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, a national nonprofit focused on preventing youth violence, announced Friday that it will plant a memorial tree in her honor at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, FOX8 reported.

The organization said Villeda will be added to its Trees for Peace initiative, which honors students across the country lost to gun violence by planting trees as a living memorial.

Authorities are asking for anyone with any additional information about the incident to contact the NOPD Homicide Section at 504-658-5300 or Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111.