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[edit] 2007 Murders
[edit] 01/01/07 – 1 murder
1) Today, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified, African American male. The offense occurred around 7:54 p.m., in the 2300 block of Fourth Street.
According to investigators, Sixth District officers responded to a call of a “male down†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
Incident in 2300 block of Fourth Street - City press release.
[edit] 01/03/07 – 3 murders, 1 body found from 2006 murder
2) Incident In The 2900 Block Of Saint Ann Street This evening, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified African-American male. The offense occurred at approximately 3:29 p.m.
According to investigators, First District officers responded to a call of a “male shot†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.
Incident In The 2900 Block Of Saint Ann Street - City press release.
(Last Murder of 2006 - #162) This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the death of an unidentified Caucasian female, whose body was discovered in the 6400 block of Roder Street.
According to investigators, at approximately 11:46 a.m., a local resident was in the area checking on his property when he discovered the body. The female was lying in the grass and had been covered with a rug. The resident immediately notified the NOPD.
An emergency medical technician arrived and pronounced the victim dead on the scene. The body was transported to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death. The coroner will also assist with the identification process.
Unclassified Death - City press release.
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Woman found dead identified From staff reports
A woman who was found beaten to death in the Lower 9th Ward last week has been identified as Cheryl Nitzky, 23, of Florida, the Orleans Parish coroner’s office said.
A neighborhood resident who was checking on his property Jan. 3 around 11:45 a.m. found Nitzky’s body under a rug in the 6400 block of Roder Street, just north of North Claiborne Avenue, and just west of Jackson Barracks
Fingerprints led to the identity, said chief coroner’s investigator John Gagliano.
The coroner’s office estimated Nitzky was killed late Dec. 30 or early Dec. 31 and dumped where she was found.
Woman found dead identified - Times-Picayune.
3) Incident at Industry and Press Streets This evening, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified African-American male. The victim’s body was discovered at approximately 3:44 p.m., by Louisiana National Guardsmen patrolling the area.
According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a call of a “male down†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying in a remote grassy area with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.
Incident at Industry and Press Streets - City press release.
4) The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the murder of 19-year old Randall Thomas of New Orleans. The offense occurred at approximately 6:54 p.m., in the 2500 block of LaSalle Street.
According to investigators, Sixth District officers responded to a call of a “man shot†and, upon their arrival, found the Thomas lying in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead.
While on the scene, detectives learned that Thomas was walking down LaSalle, towards Second Street, when he was approached by an unknown gunman, from behind.
Incident in the 2500 Block of LaSalle Street - City press release.
[edit] 01/04/07 – 2 murders
5) Incident at 2119 Josephine Street This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the murder of an unidentified African-American male. The offense occurred shortly before 12:30 a.m., in the alley-way at 2119 Josephine Street.
According to investigators, Sixth District officers responded to “shots fired†in the area. Due to their close proximity of the gunshots and the belief that the perpetrator(s) may still be in the area, the officers immediately secured a perimeter. A search was conducted and the victim was discovered lying in the alley-way suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators also located a handgun near the victim. Emergency medical technicians arrived and pronounced the victim dead on the scene.
K-9 and S.W.A.T. officers continued their search of the area for a possible perpetrator(s), but met with negative results.
Incident at 2119 Josephine Street - City press release.
6) Incident at 2444 North Rampart Street This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the murder of a local 36-year-old Caucasian female and the shooting of a local 35-year-old, Caucasian male. The offense occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m., at 2444 North Rampart Street.
According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a shooting that possibly involved three victims. Upon arrival, the officers discovered the male kneeling at the front door holding a two-year-old male toddler in his arms. The male had sustained gunshot wounds to his right hand, right cheek and left forearm. The toddler was not injured. The female was lying on the floor, near the door, suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.
Emergency medical technicians arrived and pronounced the female dead on the scene. The male and the toddler were transported to Elmwood / Charity Trauma Center where the male underwent surgery for his wounds. He is in good condition. The toddler was examined thoroughly and sustained no injuries. He is in excellent condition.
Incident at 2444 North Rampart Street - City press release.
[edit] 01/05/07 – 1 murder
7) Incident at 7437 Pitt Street This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified, African American female. The victim was found shortly after 7:20a.m., inside a home at 7437 Pitt Street.
According to investigators, Second District officers responded to a call of a “residential burglaryâ€. As the officers were enroute to the location, they were notified via dispatch of a possible “female down†at the location. When the officers arrived, they found the victim inside of the residence, lying on the bed, with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Emergency medical personnel arrived and pronounced her dead.
[edit] 01/08/07 – 1 murder
8) Incident at 2530 Dublin Street This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the murder of a local 40-year-old African-American male. The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of family members. The offense occurred shortly before 12:30 a.m., at 2530 Dublin Street.
According to investigators, Second District officers initially responded to “shots fired†in the area, but then received additional information regarding a subject shot at the location. Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim lying on the floor within the front room of the residence. The victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso.
Emergency medical technicians arrived and pronounced the victim dead on the scene.
[edit] 01/12/07 – 2 shot, not dead
Two men shot in Central City Saturday, January 13, 2007
from staff reports
Two men were shot at separate locations Friday night in Central City, New Orleans police said. Neither had life-threatening wounds.
At about 6 p.m., a 26-year-old man was shot several times in the 1800 block of Washington Avenue, near Baronne Street, Garry Flot, a police public information officer, said. The victim was taken to a hospital.
Sometime before 8 p.m., another man arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
Flot said that man could tell police only that he was shot somewhere around Danneel and Philip streets. Flot said the man gave conflicting statements. It was not immediately known if the shootings were related, Flot said.
http://www.nola.com/neworleans/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1168672249293640.xml&coll=1
[edit] 01/13/07 – 2 murders
9) Man killed in N.O. during money argument New Orleans police are investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood Saturday morning during an argument with his uncle over money.
Police believe the uncle shot the man, but have not yet filed criminal charges. They didn’t not identify the dead man or the uncle, and family members at the scene declined to talk to a reporter.
The shooting incident occurred about 6:15 a.m., and officers responding to a report of a man shot found the victim inside a home at 2228 Royal St. with a gunshot wound to his body, according to Garry Flot, a public affairs officer for the New Orleans Police Department. Emergency medical technicians pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The District Attorney’s Office will be consulted about the shooting.
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Incident at 2228 Royal Street This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the domestic shooting death of a local, 22-year-old Caucasian male. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family members. The incident occurred at approximately 6:15 a.m.
According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a call of a “male shot†inside of a home. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the body. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead.
Investigators learned that the victim was involved in an altercation with his 61-year-old uncle, when he was shot, which stemmed from an on-going feud over money.
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Man shot in Marigny home Police say victim fought with his uncle Sunday, January 14, 2007 From staff reports New Orleans police are investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man Saturday morning in Faubourg Marigny. Jeffery Santos was killed during a fight with his uncle about 6:15 a.m. inside a home at 2228 Royal St., police said. Emergency medical technicians pronounced Santos dead at the scene. Police said the victim and his 61-year-old uncle, who was not identified, had been feuding over money and they believe the uncle shot him.
The uncle was in the house when police arrived in response to a report of a shooting. Officers took a statement from him and released him. Police have not filed criminal charges, saying the district attorney's office will be consulted.
Other family members at the scene declined to talk to a reporter.
Jerry Pittman, who lives around the corner on Marigny Street, said he couldn't recall another shooting in the immediate area in recent years. He said the neighborhood is a quiet one, where neighbors tend to know each other by sight if not by name.
Santos died of a gunshot wound to the chest, said chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano, who released the identity. He said Santos was staying at the house, but he did not know whether he was living there permanently. Santos has relatives in Metairie.
The shooting came two days after thousands of residents marched on City Hall, demanding an end to gun violence in New Orleans. Marchers were galvanized in part by the murder Jan. 4 of filmmaker Helen Hill, killed in her home at North Rampart and Spain streets, several blocks from where Santos was shot. Hill's assailant remains at large.
Pittman said police have been cruising the neighborhood more frequently since Thursday's march but that officers mostly stay in their squad cars.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-19/116876048170470.xml&coll=1
10) 9th Ward slaying shocks family By Bob Ussery Staff writer Marguerite Doyle Johnston is sure her son was killed by someone who knew him. Chivas Doyle of New Orleans was shot to death in the 9th Ward on Saturday, two days after his 24th birthday. Doyle would help anyone, Johnston said Sunday, but would not let anyone he didn’t know into his FEMA mobile home in the 2500 block of Desire Street. Doyle had many friends who were aspiring rap artists, his mother said. He did not perform music, but helped his friends by promoting their music and letting them record in the makeshift studio he had set up in his home. Doyle died Saturday in the FEMA home of a gunshot wound to the head, said the chief coroner’s investigator John Gagliano, who, along with police, released his identity Sunday. Coroner Frank Minyard classified Doyle’s death as homicide Sunday after an autopsy showed the wound was not self-inflicted. Johnston estimated her son was shot sometime between 7 and 11 p.m. He had driven his cousin to work about 6:35 p.m. and then returned home. Three cousins, including one who lived with Doyle, found him dead in his residence about 11 p.m. The cousin who lived with Doyle went to Johnston’s nearby home and pounded on her door. Johnston went to her son’s trailer and found him in a chair in front of his computer, where he had been composing an e-mail to another cousin. “I kept calling, ‘Tank, Tank,’ †Johnston said. Family members called him ‘Tank’ because he was 7 feet tall. “I grabbed him, and he just tilted over to his right,†she said. There was something resembling a hole in the back of his head. “I kept telling him, ‘Wake up, wake up.’ †When Johnston managed to turn over son over, she saw that his lips were blue. “Then I knew my baby was dead,†she said. It was one day after her 49th birthday. She believes her son was shot in the back of the head. Johnston said their family cannot understand why anyone would want to kill her son. She said people had nothing but good to say about Doyle. He followed in her footsteps as a community activist. “If you saw me, you saw him,†she said. After Katrina, Johnston and her son returned to New Orleans. But about the time Doyle was being discharged from a hospital where he was being treated for diabetes in December 2005, their house on Mimosa Court in Algiers burned down, she said. They drove to her daughter’s house in Texas, but returned to New Orleans in 2006. Doyle allowed his rapper friends to stay in one of the houses they lived in. “We had 20 to 30 people in our house,†his mother said. “He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back. That’s why we don’t understand why,†Johnston said. She said her son, who graduated from John McDonogh High School and attended Delgado Community College, did not take or sell drugs, and did not even smoke cigarettes. He did not get into arguments, she said. Doyle was always trying to make people laugh, and sometimes played practical jokes “just to make people smile.†That was why some of his friends thought reports of his death Sunday were a joke, she said. “All his friends on his MySpace page can’t believe it,†she said. “It’s not a joke. He’s dead.†The Web page for “9thwardwordman†is now filled with messages of loss and hurt from friends. Detective Donald Clogher, (504) 658-5300, is investigating.
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Incident at 2526 Desire Street New Orleans, LA - Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of 23-year-old Chivas Doyle, a local African-American male. The incident occurred yesterday at approximately 11:56 p.m.
According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a call of a “male shot†inside of a FEMA trailer. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead.
The body was transported to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office, where an autopsy was performed. The incident was determined to be a homicide.
[edit] 01/14/07 – 1 murder
11) Autopsy reveals victim strangled Coroner IDs teen slain in separate case Wednesday, January 17, 2007 By Bob Ussery A man found dead Sunday morning at Annunciation and Austerlitz streets was strangled, an autopsy has revealed. There were no obvious injuries when Christopher Ruth's body was found Sunday morning, the coroner's office said, but the autopsy showed that Ruth, 31, had been strangled, prompting coroner Frank Minyard to classify the death as New Orleans' 11th slaying of the year. Bruises that became visible after the autopsy suggested the killing occurred after a fight, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said Tuesday. He said Ruth was strangled with hands. Ruth, of New Orleans, was found about 6:15 a.m., said Garry Flot, a public information officer for New Orleans police. He said city Emergency Medical Services workers tried unsuccessfully to revive Ruth. Ruth died in the 3900 block of Annunciation, between Gen. Taylor and Constantinople streets, partly in the roadway and partly on the grass, Gagliano said.
Autopsy reveals victim strangled - Times-Picayune.
[edit] 01/17/07 – 1 murder
12) New Orleans Police said they were investigating the city’s latest murder which took place Wednesday morning in the Seventh Ward.
It happened in the 2000 block of Allen Street, according to police. Officers found the victim, a 32-year-old Tyrone Andrew Johnson, lying in the street shortly after 7 a.m. with multiple gun shot wounds to the body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's cousin, Edward Ballet, said he heard gunshots between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m., but did not see anything until he went to bring his kids to school later that morning.
"(The police) can't stop it. They can't stop it. They would have to have a police officer almost on every corner to stop this violence," Ballet said. "It's really up to the people. And we can't do nothing to stop it because people are scared to come forward on a lot of things, and this is the result."
Tyrone Johnson's family believes the shooting stemmed from an armed robbery. His mother, Elvira, said violence in New Orleans would not stop any time soon.
"They are going to be satisfied when all of them is dead; all of them. All them, all the young men just like Tyrone is dead and gone. That's when they're going to be satisfied; that's only thing thats going to turn it around," she said.
Police said they have not determined a motive for the killing, the 11th murder thus far in Orleans Parish this year.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl011707khmdr.4b9badb3.html
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Incident In The 2000 Block Of Allen Street New Orleans, LA -This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a 32-year old, local African-American male. The offense occurred at approximately 7:07 a.m.
According to investigators, First District officers responded to a call of a “male shot†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.
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A 32-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday morning on the sidewalk outside a 7th Ward home. The man was found with shotgun wounds by police shortly after 7 a.m. in the 2000 block of Allen Street, police said. It was the 12th slaying in the city this year. Coroner's Office Chief Investigator John Gagliano identified the victim as Tyrone Andrew Johnson. Neighbors and a relative said he was a father of four. Johnson's cousin, Edward Ballet, who lives across the street from the scene of the shooting, said he went outside Wednesday morning and saw his cousin on the sidewalk. "I called 911," said Ballet, 40. "The police responded fast, but he was already dead." Ballet said he thought the shooting took place about 4 a.m., around the time he heard gunshots. "I looked outside, but I didn't see anything," Ballet said. "I went back to bed." Johnson had lived in the neighborhood before and frequently visited several relatives in the area, Ballet said. He had grown up about a block away from the shooting, near the corner of O'Reilly and Galvez streets. Johnson cast an imposing figure -- he stood about 6 feet tall and rarely skipped meals -- and had a trademark grin, Ballet said. Johnson was gunned down in front of a teal Ford pickup truck parked on a patch of grass outside a house with a busted window and several broken shingles. The truck's front fender was speckled with blood and nearby rain puddles were tinted red. Ballet said he does not know why anyone would shoot his cousin. "It doesn't make any sense," he said. Further details of the shooting were not released by police. Late last month, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot nearby, in the 2200 block of Allen Street. Dwayne Mixon suffered gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene on Dec. 23.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1169105424202260.xml&coll=1
[edit] 01/20/07 – 2 murders, 3 shot
13) New Orleans police logged at least the 14th killing of 2007 on Saturday.
The unidentified black man's body was found in a vacant apartment near the French Quarter Saturday morning, one bullet wound in his head, after someone reported a medical emergency, Officer Sabrina Richardson said.
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Man found murdered in Iberville complex A New Orleans man was found dead, apparently from a single gunshot wound, inside a vacant apartment in the Iberville public housing development Saturday morning, the New Orleans Police Department reported. First District officers responded to call for medical assistance around 9:40 a.m. and emergency medical technicians found the man at 1324 Bienville St. He was declared dead at the scene, said department spokeswoman Sabrina Richardson. His identity and details about the gun wound weren’t released. Police officers found narcotics at the scene but couldn’t say if they were connected to the murder, Richardson said. Authorities had no witnesses or suspects, she said.
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Richardson said Holmes had a single gunshot wound to his head, but chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano, who released Holmes' identity, said he apparently was shot more than once. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1169362977109640.xml&coll=1
14) The second slaying occurred about 4 p.m., Richardson said. Police received a call about a "male down" and found a man with a gunshot wound of the head dead inside 431 S. Genois St., which is half of a one-story double at the corner of Baudin Street.
Police said the residence was vacant, but two neighbors said people were living there.
There were lights on in the house, but the electricity seemed to come from an extension cord connected to a temporary electrical panel on a wooden post outside the house.
Police at the scene said the building's inside walls had been opened up after it was flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The neighborhood received about 6 feet of water.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1169362977109640.xml&coll=1
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3 Shot
Elsewhere, a man was shot and seriously wounded about 5:45 p.m. in Algiers. Richardson said police responded to a call about a shooting and found the victim wounded in the head in a vehicle at Berkley and Bacchus drives. He was in critical condition at a hospital, she said. About 7 p.m., a man was shot near North Claiborne and Elysian Fields avenues. He went to Tulane University Hospital either on his own or with help from a private citizen. Richardson said he was in stable condition. About 7:50 p.m., a man was shot in the 2100 block of Gov. Nicholls Street. He also was in stable condition at a hospital.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1169362977109640.xml&coll=1&thispage=2
[edit] 01/26/07 – 2 murders
15) Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard on Saturday classified as murder the death of an unidentified man whose burned body was found early Friday in the 9th Ward. Authorities are still trying to learn the man's identity. Minyard's ruling came after an autopsy Saturday showed the man had been shot twice, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said. The victim was found after firefighters put out a fire in a GMC Yukon in the 3000 block of North Villere Street near Feliciana Street. His gender and age were unknown when his charred body was found on the vehicle's rear floorboard. But the autopsy showed the victim was a man about 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 130 pounds, and with three or four gold teeth, Gagliano said. Members of the Louisiana National Guard discovered the burning SUV two blocks east of the Press Street railroad tracks Friday about 1:30 a.m. Nearby residents said the vehicle was not there before Thursday at 6 p.m. The fire was started after the man died, Gagliano said.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1169968341175150.xml&coll=1
16) A Marrero man was found fatally shot on a Mid-City street Friday evening, New Orleans police and the Orleans Parish coroner's office said.
The 26-year-old man's name was withheld while attempts were made to notify his relatives.
Shortly after 7 p.m., New Orleans police were called to the 400 block of South Lopez Street. Officers found the man lying in the street with two apparent gunshot wounds, one to the head, and the other to the upper torso, said Sgt. Joseph Narcisse, a public information officer for New Orleans police.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, between Baudin and Banks streets, by medical technicians of the city's Emergency Medical Services.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1169882750214980.xml&coll=1
[edit] 01/31/07 – 1 murder
17) January 31, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Incident In The 1900 Block Of Delachaise Street New Orleans, LA -This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified African-American male. The offense occurred at approximately 2:18 a.m.
According to investigators, Second District officers responded to a call of “shots fired†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.
[edit] 02/03/07 – 2 murders (one a baby)
18) New Orleans police are investigating the shooting death of a 28-year-old man at his Central City home Saturday morning. Sixth District officers, flagged down about a man shot, found Daniel Allen just after 9 a.m. lying on the floor of his home at 1914 Jackson Ave., with a gunshot wound to the head, said officer Garry Flot, spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no sign of forced entry at the home and police had no suspects, Flot said.
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Someone flagged down police Saturday morning and led them to a man who had been shot dead in his Central City home, making him at least the 18th murder victim of the year in Orleans Parish. Police found the body of Daniel Allen, 28, on the floor of his home in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue shortly after 9 a.m., said Garry Flot, a police spokesman. Allen, who had a gunshot wound to the head, was pronounced dead at the scene, which is between Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard and Danneel Street. Flot said police consider the case a homicide. An autopsy will be performed today.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1170598387228390.xml&coll=1
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Incident at 1914 Jackson Avenue New Orleans, LA - This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of 28-year-old Daniel Allen, a local African-American male. The incident occurred inside of his home, 1914 Jackson Avenue, at approximately 9:07 a.m.
According to investigators, Sixth District officers were flagged down about a “male shot†inside of a home. When the officers entered the home, they found the victim lying on the floor with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
19) Suspect Arrested for Murder New Orleans, LA - Today, the New Orleans Police Department announced the arrest of 21-year-old George Lewis, a local male, and booked him with 2nd degree murder of his girlfriend’s two year-old daughter. The offense occurred yesterday at approximately 4:00 p.m,. in the 1400 block of South Lawn Street.
According to investigators, Fourth District officers received a call of a child with trauma to the body that died at Oschner Hospital.
The Orleans Parish Coroners autopsy revealed the child suffered internal and external trauma to the body as the cause of death. Detective Raymond Ambose, conducted an investigation and arrested George Lewis and booked him with 2nd degree murder.
[edit] 02/04/07 1 murder, 1 shot
20) Two New Orleans residents were shot, one fatally, in a sport utility vehicle parked beside a large oak tree in front of a 7th Ward home Sunday minutes before sunrise.
Tamara Gabriel, 27, of Algiers, died later Sunday. She and a 22-year-old man were shot multiple times in the 2700 block of George "Nick" Connor Drive, formerly Havana Street, police spokesman Garry Flot said. The man drove the Porsche Cayenne to a hospital and "collapsed at the entrance to the hospital's emergency room," Flot said.
The man was reported in stable condition. Gabriel died Sunday at 4 p.m. at Touro Infirmary, said chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano, who released the identity. He said she had a gunshot wound to the head.
A neighbor, Philomenia Johnson, said her 10-year-old daughter was so frightened by the sound of gunfire just outside their home that the girl was unable to move.
"We had to pick her up," said Johnson, who has been living with her family in a trailer next to her home. The family intends to repair the home once it receives money from the Road Home program for homeowners with property damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Investigators were attempting to determine the motive for the shooting, Flot said.
Johnson, who said she called police at 5:26 a.m. to report hearing five or six shots, noted that people, sometimes after leaving a nearby bar, will park in the relatively secluded spot. Johnson said neither she nor a friend saw anything outside other than police sealing off the area with yellow tape.
By the time most people were headed to church, the only sign of what had occurred was a small pile of shattered window glass in the street.
Johnson said her neighborhood, which is populated mostly by older residents, enjoys peace and quiet much of the time. When trouble does come, she said, it arrives like it did Sunday morning.
"They bring it here," she said.
[edit] 02/06/07 – 1 murder
21) A fistfight between two 17-year-old boys led one of the teen to kill the other one with a gun his mother gave him, police said Tuesday. According to Sgt. Joe Narcisse, an NOPD spokesman, the shooting took place shortly after 7 p.m. near the intersection of Clio and Simon Bolivar streets, in Central City. The victim, a 17-year-old New Orleans boy, got into a fistfight with Clarence Johnson earlier in the evening, with both individuals walking away after the conflict. Narcisse said Johnson went home and gave details of the fight to his mom, 44-year-old Vanessa Johnson. She gave her son a handgun and told him to get revenge because he had apparently lost the fight. Johnson took the handgun, located the victim a short time later and fired several shots, striking him once in the stomach, Narcisse said. The victim was rushed to Elmwood Medical Center, where he later died. Police said Vanessa Johnson was arrested early Wednesday morning and booked with principal to second-degree murder. Her son remains at large.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl020807khteenfightmdr.61db2dbc.html
[edit] 02/11/07 – 1 murder
22) Incident at 3420 Indiana Street New Orleans, LA - Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of Michael Dunbar a 43-year-old local male. The incident occurred at 3420 Indiana Street in Algiers at approximately 8:43 p.m.
According to investigators, Fourth District officers responded to a call of a “male shot†inside of a home. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the body. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead.
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A man was found shot to death in his Algiers home Sunday night, and New Orleans police are searching for suspects and a motive. Michael Dunbar, 43, was found dead from a single gunshot wound at 3420 Indiana St. shortly before 8:45 p.m., said officer Garry Flot, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. Fourth District officers found Dunbar after receiving a report of a man shot inside the home. He was dead on the scene, medical personnel said.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/westbank/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1171351264298340.xml&coll=1
[edit] 02/15/07 – 2 murders
23) and 24) Two men were shot to death and a third critically wounded shortly inside a park car in the 9th Ward shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday, police said.
The names of the two men killed were not known to police. Police were able to interview the wounded man but did not release his name.
Fifth District officers responded to reports of a shooting and found the three men inside a sedan with Texas license plates in the 1000 block of Kentucky Street, near the Industrial Canal in the 9th Ward.
The men in the front passenger seat and the rear seat were dead on the scene. The wounded man was behind the wheel. He was taken to a local hospital, said officer Sabrina Richardson, NOPD public information officer.
She said there was no identifaction on the bodies of the dead men. She did not say whether polcie were able to get any information from the wounded man.
Police sources at the scene, however, said detectives were able to talk to the wounded man and learned that they had been shot from inside the car by a man in the back seat. Further details were sketchy.
Mayor Ray Nagin was at the shooting scene and was seen comforting shaken residents who lived nearby.
Also at the scene were FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, part of a federal task force helping NOPD with homicide cases.
[edit] 02/16/07 – 1 murder, victim died on 02/17/07
25) Sunday, February 18, 2007 From staff reports One of six people wounded in a shooting rampage in a Mid-City bar early Friday died Saturday, the Orleans Parish coroner's office said. Alden Wright, 20, of New Orleans, died at 11:40 a.m. at the Charity Hospital trauma unit at Elmwood Medical Center, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said. Meanwhile, New Orleans police said Saturday they believe a suspect in custody on other charges was involved in the shootings, but they had not filed charges against him in that case. Wright, three other men, and two women were wounded by a man who flashed a handgun at the door of Club Unlimited, forced his way inside and started shooting shortly after 1:30 a.m., police said. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested Saturday on unrelated drug charges, said Sgt. Joe Narcisse, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. Officers were interviewing the suspect and think he had a role in the shootings, Narcisse said. "We do believe he does have some involvement in the incident," he said. "We are continuing the investigation while we determine his role." At the time of the shooting, patrons filled the dance floor and lined the bar at the establishment at Banks and South Galvez streets. A bouncer who saw the armed man flagged down nearby 1st District police officers, but the gunman escaped as a crowd of more than 100 fled the bar. The five other shooting victims suffered injuries that aren't believed to be life-threatening.
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[edit] 02/20/07 – 1 murder, 2 shot
26) Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to shots fired in the 900 block of North Claiborne Avenue, near Dumaine Street, police said. Officers found a man with mutliple gunshot wounds lying on a wooden platform underneath Interstate 10. Investigators also discovered two handguns in the unidentified man’s possession. The victim was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and later died, police said.
[edit] 02/21/07 – 2 murders
27) A 40-year-old New Orleans man was fatally shot early Wednesday in the Gert Town neighborhood, in the third shooting in less than 12 hours.
Several unrelated violent incidents, including a stabbing, marked the end of what had been a relatively low-crime Mardi Gras. Two of the shootings and the stabbing happened late on Fat Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, three people were dead, and two others, were seriously injured, police said.
Most recently, police discovered the 40-year-old man lying on the ground in the 7900 block of Olive Street with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. The man was pronounced dead around 7 a.m., shortly after officers arrived.
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According to Officer Garry Flot, an NOPD spokesman, the incident happened at 7 a.m. in the 7900 block of Olive Street in Girt [sic] Town. Second District officers found the victim, a 40-year-old man, lying in the street with several gun shot wounds to his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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28) In broad daylight Wednesday afternoon, a 33-year-old man was fatally shot in an eastern New Orleans street, behind a row of one-story brick houses. The man, whose identity has not been released, was shot at 1 p.m. in the 14000 block of Morrison Road, police said. Officers found the man in the street, shot several times. The man fell in the middle of the two-lane street that runs along a canal, between a murky brown puddle and the yellow dotted line. Judy Alexander said she heard a ruckus while sitting down to watch her favorite television show, "Judge Joe Brown." The noise came from the street behind her gutted house in the 14000 block of Partridge Lane. "I thought they were car doors slamming," she said. "Then I heard two gunshots." Alexander rushed to the rear of her home and looked out a partially boarded-up window. She saw the victim lying near a chain link fence beside the road. Alexander and several other neighbors, living in trailers outside their gutted homes, said their still-on-the-mend neighborhood had been relatively free of violence.
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[edit] 02/25/07 – 1 murder
29) Man, 23, shot to death in eastern N.O. From staff reports
A man was shot to death Sunday night in eastern New Orleans, New Orleans police said.
Someone called police at 8:28 p.m. and said a man had been shot in the 14700 block of Curran Road, Garry Flot, a police public information officer, said.
He said police arrived and found a 23-year-old New Orleans man lying in he middle of roadway on Curran near Bass Street. The man apparently had multiple gunshot wounds.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, several blocks southwest of Paris Road and Lake Pontchartrain.
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New Orleans authorities have released the identity of a man who was shot to death Sunday night in eastern New Orleans. Lionel Ware III, 23, of New Orleans, was shot about 8:25 p.m. in the 14700 block of Curran Road, near Bass Street. Ware died in the middle of the roadway several blocks southwest of Paris Road and Lake Pontchartrain, said Garry Flot, a police public information officer. An autopsy showed Ware suffered multiple gunshot wounds, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said.
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[edit] 02/27/07 – 1 murder, victim died on 03/25/07
30) February shooting victim dies; Sunday shooting near Fair Grounds A New Orleans shooting victim died Sunday, nearly a month after he suffered mltiple wounds in the Hollygrove neighborhood, the Orleans Parish coroner’s office said. Aaron Allen, 43, was shot on Feb. 27 about 7:30 a.m. at Hollygrove and Oleander streets, chief coroner’s investigator John Gagliano said. An autopsy will be performed today. Meanwhile, New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that left a man and a baby wounded early Sunday in Gentilly. The man was walking near North Gayoso Street and Gentilly Boulevard near the Fair Grounds Racetrack about 12:20 a.m. when another man approached with some kind of assault rifle, Sabrina Richardson, a police public information officer, said. She said the gunman opened fire, wounding the man in the right side. A stray bullet grazed a 1-year-old boy, who was some distance away with adults who were out enjoying the nice weather, Richardson said. The man, who appeared to be in his 20s, and the baby, who was possibly grazed on the left thigh, were taken to a local hospital, where the man underwent surgery. Richardson said they were in stable condition
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Another local man died Sunday from multiple gunshot wounds he had sustained on Feb. 27, the Orleans Parish coroner's office said. Aaron Allen, 43, was shot on Feb. 27 about 7:30 a.m. at Hollygrove and Oleander streets in the Hollygrove neighborhood, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said. Autopsy results were not yet available.
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[edit] 03/02/07 – 1 murder, died 03/17/07
31) In an unrelated case, a man shot on March 2 near Canal Street and North Claiborne Avenue died Saturday at University Hospital, Gagliano said. Josh Rodrique was found in the 2000 block of Iberville Street, near North Prieur street, on March 2 shortly before 7 p.m., police said. He had been shot once in the neck, police and the coroner's office said. There has been no arrest in the shooting.
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[edit] 03/03/07 – 1 murder
32) Tonight, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a local male, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of family members. The offense occurred shortly before 11:00 p.m., in the 1100 block of North Prieur Street.
According to investigators, First District officers responded to a call of “ shots fired†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
[edit] 03/04/07 – 2 murders
33) A lover's spat turned deadly early Sunday in the Lower Garden District when a 43-year-old woman fatally plunged a kitchen knife into her boyfriend's chest, police said. Yolanda Anderson stabbed her live-in boyfriend shortly after 12:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Chippewa Street, police said. Byron Love, 46, was pronounced dead upon arrival at University Hospital, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner's office. He died from a stab wound to the chest. Officers responding to a call of an injured man found Love inside the home, said officer Sabrina Richardson, New Orleans police spokeswoman. Anderson and Love had been arguing, police said, and Anderson went downstairs into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. She allegedly returned upstairs and stabbed him. Anderson, who according to court records has no criminal record, was arrested at the scene without incident, police said. She was charged with manslaughter. The couple's apartment, half of a two-story tan building near Chippewa and Felicity streets, was quiet Sunday afternoon and showed no signs of the early-morning incident. Several neighbors said the couple kept to themselves.
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34) A man was shot and killed Sunday night in Central City, New Orleans police said.
The shooting happened about 9:05 p.m. in the 1400 block of Magnolia Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Thalia Street, in the area of the Guste public housing complex.
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[edit] 03/05/07 – 1 murder
35) A security guard at a FEMA trailer park was shot to death Monday in the latest violence to wrack the city still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, police said. The shooting, around 5:15 a.m., was at a trailer park in Gentilly, a section of the city that flooded during Katrina. A few hours earlier, another man was shot and killed near the Guste public housing complex. The latest violence brought the number of homicides in the city to at least 32 this year. Last year, New Orleans counted 161. Police spokeswoman Sabrina Richardson said the security guard was shot in the face in a security booth at a gate leading into the site. She said two other security guards were on duty at the time, but one was at the park's back gate and another was in a bathroom. The other guards told investigators they did not hear the shot, Richardson said. There had not been any major crime problems at the trailer site before Monday's shooting. "It's always been safe. I've never at any time felt in harm's way," resident Kenny Randle said. "That doesn't change. All things happen for a reason. But this, man, this was just senseless." Steven Nicholas, a chief in the police department, said the guard was about 50 years old. A motive for the shooting had not been established, although he said "robbery does not appear to be a motive." Police shut down the exits to the trailer park and went door to door asking residents about the incident. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had personnel on the scene Monday morning, but did not immediately have any details about the incident.
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This morning, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a local male, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of family members. The offense occurred shortly after 5:00 a.m., at 2901 Elysian Fields Avenue. According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a call of a “ male down†and, upon their arrival, found the victim inside the guard shack suffering from a single gunshot wound to his face. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
[edit] 03/09/07 – 1 murder
36) A 25-year-old man identified by relatives as Kevin Pham was shot dead inside his family's house in the 1300 block of N. Lemans Street. Police responded the the shooting in the Village D'lest neighborhood in eastern New Orleans shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday. The victim died at the scene. His car was in the driveway, still running, with hazard lights on. Several relatives who lived nearby in the Vietnamese enclave said Pham had been a cook at a local vietnamese restaurant for about six years, and he and his family had lived in the neighborhood longer. He was studying at Delgado Community College to become a nurse, they said.
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A 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in eastern New Orleans Friday morning, police said. And in an unrelated incident hours earlier, two men were wounded by gunfire while walking down a Lower Garden District street. Shortly before 10 a.m., emergency medical workers attended to a man found shot inside his home in the 13600 block of North Lemans Street in the Village de l'Est neighborhood, New Orleans Police Department spokesman Garry Flot said. Officers responding to the scene discovered that the 25-year-old man had been killed inside his home. Grieving relatives and neighbors outside the house identified the victim as Kevin Pham. Several neighbors milled about the crime scene Friday, mourning Pham, a cook at a Vietnamese restaurant who aspired to be a nurse. Pham was shot inside the house while his red sports car idled outside, its hazard lights blinking. The car's hood was propped open as police investigators and federal agents questioned neighbors. Pham's family said he had lived in the one-story brick house for about six months. The family has owned the home for more than six years, and Pham was trying to renovate it after Hurricane Katrina. Since the flood, he had lived off and on with his sister at a house several doors away. His sister, Tam Pham, said he had worked for the past six years at Pho-Bang Restaurant in the 14300 block of Chef Menteur Highway, while he studied nursing at Delgado Community College. Police said the house was not ransacked and the shooting did not appear to be part of a robbery.
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[edit] 03/10/07 – 3 murders, 3 shot
37) A 22-year-old woman was shot to death in Treme early Saturday and her 25-year-old friend wounded in the ankle, according to New Orleans police. The double shooting took place just after 5 a.m. at the intersection of Gov. Nicholls and North Roman streets while the couple was walking, said New Orleans Police Department spokesman Sgt. Joe Narcisse. The unidentified woman suffered two gunshot wounds to the upper torso and died a short time later at Tulane Medical Center. The 25-year-old man with the ankle wound, who police said was an acquaintance of the victim, was also treated at the hospital, police said.
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Saturday's first shooting victim was identified by the coroner's office as Keyana Price, 21, killed by several gunshot wounds as she walked near the corner of Gov. Nicholls Street and North Roman streets at 5 a.m. with a 25-year-old acquaintance, who was wounded in the ankle.
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38) Around 11 a.m., police received word of a shooting in the 7800 block of Venice Blvd, Narcisse said. Seventh District Officers found the victim lying in the street with gunshot wounds to his head and arm. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl031007khshootings.3a81cfa2.html
39) The latest murder occurred in Mid-City, near the intersection of Esplanade Avenue and Columbus Street, shortly after 2 p.m., according to Joe Narcisse, an NOPD spokesman. A 23-year-old man was killed at that location. Police found shell casings covering a two block area and an AK-47. Witnesses told investigators that a red Dodge Magnum pulled alongside a silver Dodge Durango and opened fire. However, the driver of the Magnum lost control and crashed into a parked vehicle. Three suspects got out of the Magnum, one of them wielding the AK-47 that was later found at the scene. The driver of the Durango had been shot several times, Narcisse said. The victim made it to the intersection of Esplanade and N. Broad avenues before crashing his vehicle. He and a female passenger were transported to a local hospital. The driver died shortly after; police said the woman was unharmed. Narcisse said both vehicles had Texas plates. Authorities hope this will help them learn more about those involved.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl031007khshootings.3a81cfa2.html
[edit] 03/18/07 – 1 murder
40) A man shot several times Sunday afternoon in a yard in the 9th Ward died about six hours later at a hospital, the Orleans Parish coroner's office said Monday night. Sean Robinson, 31, was shot shortly before 4 p.m. in a yard next to a house in the 1200 block of Piety Street, police said. He was taken to University Hospital in critical condition, and died shortly before 10 p.m., said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner's office. Police have made no arrests and have identified no suspects in the slaying.
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[edit] 03/24/07 – 1 murder
41) A New Orleans teenager was killed during a drive-by shooting early Saturday that left three other people wounded, New Orleans police said. Larry Ramee III, 16, died at North Broad Street and Orleans Avenue from gunshot wounds, chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano said. The death brings the city's homicide total for 2007 to at least 40. Police said the victims were traveling uptown on Broad Street just after midnight when their car stopped at a traffic light at the typically busy intersection. A dark-colored vehicle pulled up alongside, and someone opened fire. Emergency medical technicians pronounced Ramee dead at the scene from multiple wounds to the head and body. Two females and another male in the car were injured and are listed in stable condition at a local hospital, where they were listed in stable condition, police said. The victims' car crashed into a pole after the shooting, and the driver of the dark-colored vehicle fled, police said.
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[edit] 03/25/07 – 2 murders, (02/27/07 victim dies)
42) A shooting in the area of St. Bernard and North Claiborne avenues in the 7th Ward Sunday left one person dead, New Orleans police said. The shooting occurred about 6 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Roman Street, between Laharpe and Lapeyrouse streets. It was the 42nd murder of 2007 in the city.
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About an hour earlier at 6 p.m., a 22-year-old male, who was said to be a displaced New Orleanian visiting from Houston, was killed by an unknown gunman in a spray of bullets that also sent another young man to the hospital. Medical responders pronounced the man dead on the scene as he lay on the ground outside a house on North Roman Street near Laharpe Street in the 7th Ward. After the shooting, NOPD investigators -- working with FBI agents who now appear at every major crime scene -- placed 14 bright-green markers over shell casings that littered the ground near a silver Grand Prix, which was parked by the curb with its passenger-side door open. Details on the incident were vague, but the 22-year-old man had been sitting on the passenger side of the car when another male approached and opened fire, Richardson said. The wounded passenger opened the door and ran, but he collapsed a short distance away. Another male, standing nearby, was hit by gunfire and taken to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery. Members of a crowd that gathered in a nearby empty lot didn't have much to say about the victim.
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In the other case, Warren Simpson, 22, who recently returned to New Orleans from Houston, was shot along with a second man Sunday about 6 p.m. in the 1500 block of North Roman Street in the 7th Ward. Simpson was sitting in the passenger side of a car when another man approached and shot Simpson and a man standing nearby. Simpson got out of the car and ran a few steps before dying between Laharpe and Lapeyrouse streets. An autopsy Monday showed Simpson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, Gagliano said. The other man was taken to a hospital. His condition was not available from police.
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43) The city's 2007 murder count rose by three on Sunday, the result of two homicides and the death of a man who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds a month ago. The latest New Orleans killing occurred about 7:20 p.m. in Central City. At that time New Orleans police were sent to the 2500 block of Freret Street after someone called about a "male down" in a house. Officers found a man dead with a gunshot wound to the head in a vacant residence at 2510 Freret St. between Second and Third streets, said Sabrina Richardson, a Police Department spokeswoman. The man was not supposed to be in the house, and authorities did not immediately know where he lived, she said. His identity was not immediately known.
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Antoine Williams, 17, of New Orleans was found shot to death Sunday about 7 p.m. in a vacant residence in Central City, New Orleans police said. Police said they were called about a "male down" in a house and found Williams shot in the head at 2510 Freret St. Williams was not supposed to be in the house, which is between Second and Third streets, police said An autopsy Monday showed Williams had been shot more than once, said chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano, who released the identities.
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[edit] 03/26/07 – 1 murder
44) Man dies from Algiers shooting wounds West Bank bureau A New Orleans man shot in the drive-through of an Algiers fastfood business Monday died Tuesday morning from his wounds, New Orleans Police said. Terry Despenza, 23, died at local hospital after receiving several gunshot wounds to the body while he waiting at a McDonalds near the intersection of General DeGaulle and Cypress Acres drives. NOPD spokesman Garry Flot said the victim was apparently sitting in his vehicle when an unidentified suspect approached him and shot him. The victim attempted to exit his vehicle and collapsed in the parking lot. The suspect fled in a late model, light-colored pickup truck. Flot could not confirm early reports that the shooting stemmed from an argument the two men had prior to the shooting. He also could not say whether the suspect fired from a vehicle or approached the suspect on foot.
[edit] 03/27/07 – 1 murder
45) Man found shot to death in eastern New Orleans A 31-year-old New Orleans man was fatally shot late Tuesday night in eastern New Orleans, police said. A National Guard unit on patrol around 11:10 p.m. discovered a red Dodge Charger in a wooded area in the 7800 block of Paris Road, according to a news release from the New Orleans Police Department. Inside the vehicle, the guardsmen found a man slumped over with a gunshot wound to the body, police said. The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
[edit] 03/28/07 – 1 murder
46) A 32-year-old Algiers man was killed at his home Wednesday afternoon and New Orleans police were questioning a man they believe might have been involved. Travis Johnson, of 1644 Shirley Drive, died at a hospital after being shot once in the face with a handgun shortly before 11:30 a.m. Capt. D.J. Kirsch, commander of the New Orleans Police Department's Fourth District, said that Johnson was the third homicide in Algiers this year. A neighbor who heard gunshots flagged down a nearby traffic cop, telling authorities that someone fled Johnson's house, said Officer Sabrina Richardson, a spokeswoman for the NOPD. Police took away a man from the scene, who family and friends of the victim said was his roommate. Richardson would not release the man's identity. Investigators at the scene said that the shooting may be narcotics related because drug paraphernalia was found in the house. Authorities also searched for a weapon but none was found. Johnson's family and friends said they can't believe drugs were involved in his death because that wasn't his lifestyle. Neighbors described the victim as a quiet guy who kept to himself but always had a polite word. Torey Johnson, the victim's brother, said his brother spent all of his time working on his antique car and producing music in his home studio. The victim worked in an auto body shop and raised pit bull puppies in a kennel behind his home. Torey Johnson said he has no idea who would want his brother dead. "He was just a good dude," Johnson said.
[edit] 03/31/07 – 2 murders
47) A 21-year-old New Orleans man was gunned down overnight in the 6000 block of Chef Menteur Highway, police said. Seventh District officers found the unidentified man riddled with bullets, including one to the head, inside a blue Chevrolet Tahoe, shortly before 3 a.m. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. Homicide Detective Kevin Burns is in charge of the investigation. Police have no motive or suspects and has not released the man’s name, pending notification of his family. The homicide scene is one mile north of Downman Road in eastern New Orleans, along Chef Menteur.
48) Fourth District officers were called about 7 p.m. to the 1100 block of Horace Street in Algiers, where they found the teenager lying dead on a lawn from gunshot wounds to the body. "We believe the perpetrator chased him from an adjacent street," said Sgt. Joe Narcisse, a police spokesman. "There is some evidence he ran from De Armas Street and died at Horace." The incident probably began in the 3300 block of De Armas Street, Narcisse said, and ended when the victim fell onto the yard at 1115 Horace St.
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[edit] 04/01/07 – 1 murder
49) In the third slaying of the weekend, a 20-year-old New Orleans man was fatally shot in a FEMA trailer early Sunday in the 3400 block of Touro Street in Gentilly after what appeared to be a drug deal gone bad, New Orleans police said. Carl Anthony McLendon died of multiple gunshot wounds in the trailer where he apparently lived, said chief coroner's investigator John Gagliano, who released the identity. New Orleans officers and Louisiana National Guardsmen responded to a report of gunshots from inside a trailer shortly before 4 a.m., police said. McLendon was the only person found in the trailer, police said. Detectives say the shooting may have stemmed from a drug sale. Drugs and cash were found in the trailer, said police spokesman Sgt. Joe Narcisse. Police did not say how much money or what sort of drugs were found in the trailer.
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[edit] 04/02/07 – 4 murders
50) The violent beginning to the week started shortly before 4 a.m. in the 7th Ward. Gunshots rang out near The Duck Off nightcub in the 2300 block of A.P. Tureaud Avenue, police said. Terry Brock, 22, of New Orleans was shot several times, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the Orleans Parish Coroner. Brock died from his injuries a dozen hours later, around 4 p.m., at University Hospital. Two Levee Board police officers working a security detail at the club saw two men run from the scene and into a black Nissan Maxima, police said. As officers pulled the men from the car, the driver dropped a handgun, police said, which they believe was used in the shooting. Medics trying to treat Brock, who lay on the neutral ground outside the club, found a handgun in his waistband, police said. Police could not say whether the victim had fired the gun.
51) Hours later, in Algiers, police found A 52-year-old man shot to death in his home around 9 a.m. Monday—the fourth shooting in Algiers in three days. By midday Monday, police had a warrant for the alleged shooter, the 17-year-old son of the man’s girlfriend. Officers responded to a home in the 1200 block of Michael Street around 9:10 a.m., police said. Inside, Cleveland Daniels lay bloodied from several gunshot wounds, according to a spokesman for the coroner’s office. Daniels was taken to University Hospital, where he died shortly later. Police said 17-year-old Westley Simmons, the son of Daniels’ girlfriend, shot Daniels following an argument. Daniels wanted Simmons kicked out of the house, police said. At the apex of the argument, Simmons allegedly shot Daniels.
52) The third homicide of the day took place in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of a busy Bywater street. Police discovered the body of a 21-year-old man just after 2:40 p.m. He had been shot several times. Police said the slaying was drug-related. Alexander Williams, 21, of New Orleans, was pronounced dead less than an hour later at University Hospital, said a spokesman for the coroner’s office.
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Today, members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified male. The offense occurred around 2:43 p.m., in the 1200 block of Louisa Street.
According to investigators, Fifth District officers responded to a call of a “male down†and, upon their arrival, found the victim lying in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
53) Within minutes, another call came in— a man down with gunshot wounds in eastern New Orleans.The victim, a 29-year-old man, lay streetside near the corner of Ransom and Dale Streets. Officers responding to a call of gunshots found the man around 3:10 p.m., police said. Terry Hall, of New Orleans, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a coroner’s spokesman. He died from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to his head. Several investigators rushed straight from fatal crime scene to crime scene. Neighborhood residents milled about and crowded the corner, solemnly watching investigators take notes.
[edit] 04/04/07 – 1 murder
54) Police booked Richard Thompson, 19, on charges of murder, which they said stemmed from an ongoing feud with the victim. Police also questioned, but did not arrest, a second man, who drove the Jeep carrying the suspect from the scene of the slaying. The victim, Dominic Bell, 20, whose last know address was a FEMA trailer park in Baton Rouge, had a lengthy police record and was known in the neighborhood as “D-Block." He died at 6:16 p.m. at University Hospital, said John Gagliano, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office. The shooting took place around 5:30 p.m. inside Waad Discount Store on the corner of Governor Nicholls Street and North Johnson Street, police said. First District Officer Armand Clavo, a five-year police veteran, said he had just returned home from a shift when his cell phone ring.
[edit] 04/06/07 – 1 murder
55) New Orleans Police are investigating the shooting death of a 40-year-old man this morning in Algiers. The shooting occurred shortly before 5:45 a.m. at 431 Whitney Ave. The man's name is being withheld pending notification of relatives. Fourth District officers found the victim when responding to a call. He was lying inside the residence, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency medical technicians arrived on the scene and transported the man to a local hospital, where he died.
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