Louisiana teens dead, shoplifters arrested after chase, crash [Video]

Two West Jefferson High School students are dead and a serial shoplifter has been arrested in connection with a chase that crossed parish lines and ended in a crash on Interstate 610 in New Orleans. According to the New Orleans Police Department, two 17-year-old girls were killed in the crash after a group of women fled from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Wednesday night after shoplifting merchandise from Lakeside Mall.The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identified the girls as Gisselle Smith and Semaj Morris. Just before 7:30 p.m., JPSO deputies were called to a store in Lakeside Mall after a group of women were seen shoplifting merchandise. An off-duty deputy spotted the suspects fleeing in a red SUV and was able to notify responding JPSO deputies via radio, who followed the suspects as they entered I-10 East.Deputies spotted the vehicle, and a pursuit was initiated at 7:33 p.m. and lasted less …