New Orleans set to finish 2019 with lowest murder rate since 1986

Because it is lol?

http://interactive.wwltv.com/murdermap/murder-map.html
See how it’s right inbetween the two biggest groups of dots?
i see a cluster of shootings around MLK and claiborne that might have been the Daiquiri shop shooting from months ago and then the clump in Treme/8th Ward like i said
i guess it's semantics whether the 8th is 'down the road' or not

but like you admit, you're not offering data just a reasonable speculation
i guess you would want to show that shootings have remained consistent, the caliber of weapon is same/similar and a corresponding uptick in ER visits

if i'm going to speculate, i would say the post-PJ turf wars have stabilized as has the drug trade