Double Murder – Killed – Tacara C. Williams (Metairie, LA)

Two gunmen opened fire in the parking lot of a Metairie apartment complex early Monday, killing two people in what authorities said was a drug-related crime. The gunfire erupted in the predawn hours and sent parents running to protect their kids as bullets struck a nearby residence.

The people killed were identified as Tacara C. Williams, 25, and Demektric Whitfield-Anderson, 29, both of Memphis, Tenn. A third person in the car at the time was unharmed.

The gunfire sent nearby parents running to protect their kids. A bullet struck an apartment window, cracking it but not injuring the 7-year-old boy sleeping in the room.

Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies were searching for two assailants who started shooting shortly before 5:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of Pasadena Avenue.

The driver, Whitfield-Anderson, was shot multiple times and died at East Jefferson General Hospital. Williams, the woman in the passenger seat died at the scene. A woman in the back seat survived unharmed and was being questioned by detectives, Boyd said.

According to Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office spokesman Glen Boyd, a man and two women were staying at the Super 8 on Clearview Parkway when the man either made or received a phone call leading the three people to drive to an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Pasadena Avenue.

Boyd said that two men approached the car and started talking to Demektric Whitfield-Anderson, who was in the drivers seat. The Whitefield-Anderson then began to back up the car in an attempt to leave the scene when the two men opened fire on the car.

Boyd said Whitfield-Andersen was shot multiple times and taken to East Jefferson General Hospital, where he died. Tacara C. Williams, the front passenger seat, died in the car.

A second woman was in the back seat and wasn’t injured, Boyd said. Both victims were from Memphis, Tennessee.

A second suspect has been booked and charged with 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of Demekrtic Anderson-Whitfield aka Memphis rapper Meechy Meech.

Jason “Jay” Thomas of New Orleans, has surrendered, according to Nola, after being wanted in connection with the double homicide shooting which occurred on December 30th in Metairie apartment complex in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a part of New Orleans metro-area.

Demekrtic Anderson-Whitfield aka Meechy Meech along with Tacara Moss-Williams were both shot and killed after setting up a meeting by phone which took place at the apartment complex just a few blocks from the motel in which they were staying in.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/metairie_double_homicides_gunf.html

2nd Suspect Turns Himself In For Double Homicide of Memphis Rapper and Friend

http://www.wdam.com/story/24409160/second-arrest-made-in-metairie-double-homicide

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24327922/double-homicide-in-metairie-under-investigation-by-police

http://apmobile.worldnow.com/story/24328387/shooting-near-la-apartment-complex-leaves-man-and-woman-from-tn-dead

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/jpso-investigating-metairie-double-homicide/23693562

Memphis Rapper Dead, Murdered In New Orleans Double Homicide Shooting; 1 Arrest Made

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2014/09/04/14651556/

Double Murder – Killed – Demektric Whitfield-Anderson (Metairie, LA)

Two gunmen opened fire in the parking lot of a Metairie apartment complex early Monday, killing two people in what authorities said was a drug-related crime. The gunfire erupted in the predawn hours and sent parents running to protect their kids as bullets struck a nearby residence.

The people killed were identified as Tacara C. Williams, 25, and Demektric Whitfield-Anderson, 29, both of Memphis, Tenn. A third person in the car at the time was unharmed.

The gunfire sent nearby parents running to protect their kids. A bullet struck an apartment window, cracking it but not injuring the 7-year-old boy sleeping in the room.

Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies were searching for two assailants who started shooting shortly before 5:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of Pasadena Avenue.

The driver, Whitfield-Anderson, was shot multiple times and died at East Jefferson General Hospital. Williams, the woman in the passenger seat died at the scene. A woman in the back seat survived unharmed and was being questioned by detectives, Boyd said.

According to Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office spokesman Glen Boyd, a man and two women were staying at the Super 8 on Clearview Parkway when the man either made or received a phone call leading the three people to drive to an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Pasadena Avenue.

Boyd said that two men approached the car and started talking to Demektric Whitfield-Anderson, who was in the drivers seat. The Whitefield-Anderson then began to back up the car in an attempt to leave the scene when the two men opened fire on the car.

Boyd said Whitfield-Andersen was shot multiple times and taken to East Jefferson General Hospital, where he died. Tacara C. Williams, the front passenger seat, died in the car.

A second woman was in the back seat and wasn’t injured, Boyd said. Both victims were from Memphis, Tennessee.

A second suspect has been booked and charged with 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of Demekrtic Anderson-Whitfield aka Memphis rapper Meechy Meech.

Jason “Jay” Thomas of New Orleans, has surrendered, according to Nola, after being wanted in connection with the double homicide shooting which occurred on December 30th in Metairie apartment complex in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a part of New Orleans metro-area.

Demekrtic Anderson-Whitfield aka Meechy Meech along with Tacara Moss-Williams were both shot and killed after setting up a meeting by phone which took place at the apartment complex just a few blocks from the motel in which they were staying in.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/metairie_double_homicides_gunf.html

2nd Suspect Turns Himself In For Double Homicide of Memphis Rapper and Friend

http://www.wdam.com/story/24409160/second-arrest-made-in-metairie-double-homicide

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24327922/double-homicide-in-metairie-under-investigation-by-police

http://apmobile.worldnow.com/story/24328387/shooting-near-la-apartment-complex-leaves-man-and-woman-from-tn-dead

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/jpso-investigating-metairie-double-homicide/23693562

Memphis Rapper Dead, Murdered In New Orleans Double Homicide Shooting; 1 Arrest Made

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2014/09/04/14651556/

Killed – Joseph Glenn (Ruston, LA)

RUSTON — A suspect in an armed robbery and a separate kidnapping was shot and killed Sunday by police at a Ruston motel, according to the Louisiana State Police.

Joseph Glenn, 22, of Grambling, confronted the Ruston police officers with a replica of a handgun before he was fatally shot at a Hampton Inn around 5:30 a.m., the State Police said.

Glenn was the suspect in an armed robbery at a Ruston gas station that was reported several hours before the motel shooting. He also was suspected of involvement in a kidnapping at a Walmart in Ruston that occurred after the robbery.

State Police Trooper Albert Paxton said nobody was injured in the armed robbery or kidnapping, but he didn’t immediately release any other information about either incident.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/police_shoot_ruston_armed_robb.html

http://apmobile.worldnow.com/story/24323554/fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-ruston

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/08/30/glenn-speaking-joseph-kendall-glenn/14826151/

http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_e78563e6-711f-11e3-b894-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.ktbs.com/story/24323401/police-fatally-shoot-ruston-armed-robbery-suspect

http://www.ksla.com/story/24323554/fatal-officer-involved-shooting-in-ruston

Mass Murder/Suicide – Dead – Ben Freeman (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_72f25834-77e3-11e3-ab19-0019bb2963f4.html

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http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Freeman-97439748

Mass Shooting – Killed – Milton Bourgeois (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_72f25834-77e3-11e3-ab19-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168863677

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http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Freeman-97439748

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Woman (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_72f25834-77e3-11e3-ab19-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168863677

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http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Freeman-97439748

Mass Shooting – Killed – Susan Gouaux (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

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Mass Shooting – Wounded – Woman (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_72f25834-77e3-11e3-ab19-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168863677

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168961674

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168962120

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?n=ben-freeman&pid=168823663&

http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Freeman-97439748

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Houma, LA)

A Houma man killed four, including himself, and injured three others in a shooting rampage across Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes Thursday, according to police.

The dead are Milton Bourgeois, longtime CEO at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland; Susan “Pixie” Gouaux, wife of Lafourche Parish Councilman Phillip Gouaux; the suspected shooter, 38-year-old Ben Edward Freeman; and his wife Denise Taylor Freeman.

Councilman Gouaux, his daughter Andrea and Bourgeois’ wife Ann were also shot, but had survived as Friday morning.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his SUV on U.S. 90 near Bayou Blue hours after the shooting.

According to Sheriff Craig Webre, sometime before 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Freeman entered Councilman Gouaux’s residence on Hyland Drive in Lockport. Freeman was divorced from Gouaux’s daughter Jeanne, who was not at the home.

Once inside, police believe the shotgun-wielding gunman shot Phillip Gouaux in the throat, killed Gouaux’s wife and shot his other daughter Andrea.

The councilman was able to make the initial 911 call before he was rushed with Andrea to University Hospital in New Orleans. They are listed in critical, but stable condition.

Immediately after, Freeman drove some 15 miles north to Raceland and the home of Bourgeois on the 2900 block of La. 308. Bourgeois was the CEO of St. Anne General Hospital since 1988 where Freeman worked as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre.

Inside the Bourgeois residence, police said Freeman killed Bourgeois with a close range shotgun blast. Bourgeois’s wife Ann was also shot in the leg and is listed in stable condition.

Three hospitals where Freeman worked in years past, Terrebonne General Medical Center, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital, were on lockdown while officers searched for Freeman.

Parked along U.S. 90 sometime before 10:20 p.m., Freeman shot himself in the head with the same shotgun used in the slayings, police said.

The search for Freeman led authorities to his Houma home, where they found his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, dead in the bathtub, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. Her cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Freeman is suspected of killing her as well.

Webre described a “difficult” custody conflict between Ben Freeman and Phillip Gouaux’s daughter. He noted Freeman was mandated by a court to have supervised visits with the four children he fathered with the daughter.

Freeman has also plead guilty to harassment charges and had multiple protective orders filed by his ex-wife, according to Webre. The last of those orders expired less than a month ago.

“Clearly, there has been a very difficult and complicated divorce/custody issue going on,” Webre said in a late-night news conference Thursday.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner ruled the cause of death was asphyxia (strangulation) due to suffocation and drowning for Denise Freeman. Authorities believe she was the first victim killed.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140311/HURBLOG/140319906

http://bayoutimelive.com/update-injured-shooting-victims-remain-in-stable-condition/

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-20131227-story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/police-4-dead-la-shootings-3-injured-093150782.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-kills-wounds-shooting-spree-article-1.1559338

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/lafourche-terrebonne/2014/09/04/14650620/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7957993-123/photos-gunman-targeted-wife-former

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_f5470abc-7295-11e3-a8d0-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.houmatimes.com/news/article_72f25834-77e3-11e3-ab19-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168863677

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168961674

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=168962120

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?n=ben-freeman&pid=168823663&

http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Freeman-97439748

Killed – Erick Alexander Perez (Lake Charles, LA)

A 20-year-old Lake Charles man is dead following an accidental shooting Thursday morning at a home near the corner of Louie and Ryan streets.

Deputy Chief Mark Kraus said the victim, Erick Alexander Perez, shot himself with a .22 revolver.

“(The) investigation revealed this was an accidental shooting,” Kraus said. “The victim wasn’t familiar with the firearm, which he obtained two days prior. He failed to realize that it was loaded with more that one round and shot himself in front of a witness.”

An eyewitness told KPLC that the victim was working on his truck around 9 a.m. and started playing with his gun.

LAKE CHARLES, LA, 12/26/13: A 20-year-old Lake Charles man is dead following a shooting Thursday morning. Authorities responded to an incident at a home near the corner of Louie and Ryan streets. An eyewitness told KPLC that the victim was working on his truck around 9 a.m. and started playing with his gun and accidentally shot himself. Deputy Coroner Zeb Johnson said there is no evidence of foul play, and they are investigating an accidental shooting. UPDATE: Police say the 20-year-old victim, identified as Erick Alexander Perez, shot himself with a .22-caliber revolver in front of a witness. According to investigators, the victim obtained the firearm only two days prior. They also say the victim was not familiar with the weapon and did not realize that it was loaded with more than one round.

http://www.kplctv.com/story/24307878/lake-charles-man-dead-following-early-morning-shooting

http://www.americanpress.com/news/local/BC-LA–Accidental-Shooting

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/30/1264658/-Some-ass-got-shot-at-the-Home-Depot-And-it-was-attached-to-a-concealed-carrier-too-GunFAIL-L

http://www.johnsonfuneralhome.net/memsol.cgi?user_id=1202823

Mass Shooting – Killed – Errol Scott (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Killed – Mark Womack (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Mass Shooting – Wounded – Man (Slidell, LA)

The Slidell Police Department on Saturday (Dec. 28) announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jamieon Chatman, who authorities say fired a .40-caliber gun into a crowd of 75 people gathered outside an Olde Towne bar, killing two and injuring six others. Police arrested Chatman without incident at a residence in Vermillion Parish early in the morning.

Police said they expect to make more arrests of those who aided Chatman after the shooting. The shooting happened at the Shooters Social Club overnight after Christmas.

Witnesses said there were several fights inside the bar earlier in the night, and when the violence moved outside near the intersection of First and Cousin streets, someone opened fire into the crowd. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. Thursday and found Errol Scott, 22, dead. Mark Womack, 23, died later at a hospital. Six others also were struck.

Four of the six wounded have been released from area hospitals, Slidell police Chief Randy Smith said. Two others are still undergoing treatment.

Smith said the dead men were not the intended targets, despite previous reports to the contrary.

According to Slidell Police Spokesman Det. Daniel Seuzeneau, around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26 a fight started in Olde Towne Slidell outside Shooters Sports Bar at 2144 First St., which left eight gunshot victims and two local young men dead.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/arrest_made_in_old_towne_bar_s.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/15/14650516/

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14650350/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/search_continues_for_gunman_wh.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/two_dead_six_injured_after_ear.html

Tragic ending for Slidell men

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24306480/s

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24979675/more-arrests-made-in-olde-towne-slidell-shooting

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-orleans-violence-spills-into-quiet-olde-towne-slidell-leaving-two-dead

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168779849

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=mark-bradley-womack&pid=168768186&referrer=2

Double Shooting – Killed – Joseph Taylor (Shreveport, LA)

A man who walked in on a home invasion robbery at his residence fought with the intruder, took the gun away and shot and killed his attacker, Shreveport police said. The intended victim was shot in the leg before he got the gun away from his attacker, police said. His wounds were not life threatening, police said. Police today were searching for a second suspect, who fled after the robbery went awry. The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. at a house in the 5700 block of Sussex Street. Police said Joseph Taylor, 22, and another man forced their way into the house and threatened to kill a female victim and a juvenile who were inside. The two robbers began to ransack the house and then fired warning shots in an apparent attempt to intimidate the victims, police said. While the robbery was underway, Willie Lee Baker arrived home and was confronted by the suspects, police said. Baker, 29, told police that one of the men shot him in the leg before he started fighting back, got the gun from his attacker and then shot him, police said. Taylor was shot in the head and pronounced dead at LSU Hospital, police said. Detectives said they have not determined why Baker’s house was targeted.

http://www.ktbs.com/story/22324832/home-invader-shot-during-robbery-attempt

http://www.ktbs.com/story/22330259/spd-resident-shoots-attacker-in-home

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100110/NEWS03/102170002/Intruder-dies-shooting-while-invading-neighbor-s-home

Double Shooting – Wounded – Man (Shreveport, LA)

A man who walked in on a home invasion robbery at his residence fought with the intruder, took the gun away and shot and killed his attacker, Shreveport police said. The intended victim was shot in the leg before he got the gun away from his attacker, police said. His wounds were not life threatening, police said. Police today were searching for a second suspect, who fled after the robbery went awry. The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. at a house in the 5700 block of Sussex Street. Police said Joseph Taylor, 22, and another man forced their way into the house and threatened to kill a female victim and a juvenile who were inside. The two robbers began to ransack the house and then fired warning shots in an apparent attempt to intimidate the victims, police said. While the robbery was underway, Willie Lee Baker arrived home and was confronted by the suspects, police said. Baker, 29, told police that one of the men shot him in the leg before he started fighting back, got the gun from his attacker and then shot him, police said. Taylor was shot in the head and pronounced dead at LSU Hospital, police said. Detectives said they have not determined why Baker’s house was targeted.

http://www.ktbs.com/story/22324832/home-invader-shot-during-robbery-attempt

http://www.ktbs.com/story/22330259/spd-resident-shoots-attacker-in-home

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100110/NEWS03/102170002/Intruder-dies-shooting-while-invading-neighbor-s-home

Killed – Milton Schoen (Harahan, LA)

A Harahan woman who shot and killed her ex-boyfriend Saturday evening told investigators she fired after he attacked her and her 16-year-old son, authorities said.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office did not arrest Deborah Zito, 53, in the shooting death of Milton Schoen, 50, but the agency has classified the case a homicide and will consult with the district attorney’s office, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department.

The shooting occurred at Zito’s residence in the 8200 block of Ferrera Drive in Harahan just before 6 p.m. Saturday. Schoen died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, said Mark Bone, chief death investigator for the Jefferson Parish coroner’s office.

HARAHAN, La. Police say a woman fatally shot her ex-boyfriend and said it occurred in self-defense because she and her son had been attacked.

Deborah Zito, 53, told authorities that she shot Milton Schoen, 50, after he attacked her and her 16-year-old son at a home in the 8200 block of Ferrara Drive, police said. Schoen was pronounced dead on the scene with a single gunshot wound to the stomach area.

‘Ms. Zito appeared intoxicated and was complaining of pain to her head, neck and arm. She claimed the injuries were sustained as a result of being physically attacked by Milton Schoen,’
said a statement from the JPSO. Zito was taken to Ochsner Hospital for treatment.

Zito’s son told authorities he had seen Schoen physically abuse his mother several times in the past. About 15 minutes before the shooting, the son said he came home with a friend and Schoen was standing outside his mother’s bedroom, according to the JPSO. Schoen went into the bedroom and the two boys went into the living room.

‘Approximately ten minutes later he heard a gunshot and seconds thereafter he heard his mother call out ‘Son, get in here.’ He immediately ran to the room where he observed Schoen standing at the foot of the bed and his mother was seated on the bed pointing a black handgun at him,’ said a statement from the JPSO. The friend who came home with Zito’s son told a detective ‘Schoen looked angry and his mother appeared frightened. At that point Schoen responded by shoving Daniel in the chest with both hands causing him to fall back and hit the wall. Deborah Zito fired one shot at which time Schoen fell to the ground.’

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/harahan_woman_shot_killed_ex-b.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/12/14648984/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/authorities_investigating_deat_2.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14648984/

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/jefferson-parish-authorities-woman-kills-exboyfriend-after-attack/23626428

Triple Shooting – Killed – Robin Dillon (Franklinton, LA)

FRANKLINTON, La. – Neighbors of a Franklinton woman who was found shot to death inside a burned-out trailer Friday morning say they are not surprised.

The victim’s son is now in custody, and two others were wounded after a quiet night on a Franklinton Street turned to mayhem.

“This is like too close,” said resident Nina Dillon. “This is in my mom’s backyard.”

Police say 20-year-old Christopher Dillon went down the street Thursday night and shot a neighbor in the arm as he tried to rob him.

Dillon then ran to the trailer he shared with his mother, 42-year-old Robin Dillon.

When he got back to the trailer, police rushed in, and Dillon emerged from a hallway carrying a gun. He fired at officer Chad Dorsett, striking him in the chest and the arm. The officer’s bulletproof vest protected him from serious injury.

Then the trailer caught fire, and as the flames raged, Dillon jumped out of a window, and was captured. After the fire, authorities went inside, and made a grisly discovery.

“When they entered, they found a body in the bed in the back bedroom,” said Washington Parish Chief Deputy Mike Haley.

Robin Dillon was dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities say the incident began around 10 p.m. Thursday night, when 20-year-old Christopher Dillon tried to rob his neighbor for cash, then shot him in the arm. That man is still recovering in a New Orleans hospital.

The second scene then started at the suspect’s home after he ran almost a football field away after the armed robbery and shooting down the street.

‘Police officers approached the residence, saw the door somewhat, not all the way closed, yelled for somebody to identify themselves, they went in and said they could smell gunpowder,’ said Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Greg Marchand, ‘They could see one hand and not the other, he said he was surrendering. As he made the corner of the hallway, he brandished a weapon, shot one time. It went through the trailer wall and hit an officer.’

Dillon was pulled from the burning home and arrested, but once the fire was out, the body of his mother, 44-year-old Robin Dillon, was discovered. The coroner’s office says she died from a single gunshot wound.

Franklinton Police say they had been called to the home several times for domestic issues between the mother and son. The Dillon’s family lives in Mississippi and Robin’s father told a neighbor she was his only child.

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24275766/one-woman-dead-an-officer-wounded-in-franklinton

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24272491/washington-parish-rampage-ends-with

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14648748/

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_66242bca-6ac6-11e3-a919-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_81148e52-6e54-11e3-a68a-0019bb2963f4.html

Triple Shooting – Wounded – Police Officer (Franklinton, LA)

FRANKLINTON, La. – Neighbors of a Franklinton woman who was found shot to death inside a burned-out trailer Friday morning say they are not surprised.

The victim’s son is now in custody, and two others were wounded after a quiet night on a Franklinton Street turned to mayhem.

“This is like too close,” said resident Nina Dillon. “This is in my mom’s backyard.”

Police say 20-year-old Christopher Dillon went down the street Thursday night and shot a neighbor in the arm as he tried to rob him.

Dillon then ran to the trailer he shared with his mother, 42-year-old Robin Dillon.

When he got back to the trailer, police rushed in, and Dillon emerged from a hallway carrying a gun. He fired at officer Chad Dorsett, striking him in the chest and the arm. The officer’s bulletproof vest protected him from serious injury.

Then the trailer caught fire, and as the flames raged, Dillon jumped out of a window, and was captured. After the fire, authorities went inside, and made a grisly discovery.

“When they entered, they found a body in the bed in the back bedroom,” said Washington Parish Chief Deputy Mike Haley.

Robin Dillon was dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities say the incident began around 10 p.m. Thursday night, when 20-year-old Christopher Dillon tried to rob his neighbor for cash, then shot him in the arm. That man is still recovering in a New Orleans hospital.

The second scene then started at the suspect’s home after he ran almost a football field away after the armed robbery and shooting down the street.

‘Police officers approached the residence, saw the door somewhat, not all the way closed, yelled for somebody to identify themselves, they went in and said they could smell gunpowder,’ said Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Greg Marchand, ‘They could see one hand and not the other, he said he was surrendering. As he made the corner of the hallway, he brandished a weapon, shot one time. It went through the trailer wall and hit an officer.’

Dillon was pulled from the burning home and arrested, but once the fire was out, the body of his mother, 44-year-old Robin Dillon, was discovered. The coroner’s office says she died from a single gunshot wound.

Franklinton Police say they had been called to the home several times for domestic issues between the mother and son. The Dillon’s family lives in Mississippi and Robin’s father told a neighbor she was his only child.

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24275766/one-woman-dead-an-officer-wounded-in-franklinton

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24272491/washington-parish-rampage-ends-with

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14648748/

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_66242bca-6ac6-11e3-a919-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_81148e52-6e54-11e3-a68a-0019bb2963f4.html

Triple Shooting – Wounded – Man (Franklinton, LA)

FRANKLINTON, La. – Neighbors of a Franklinton woman who was found shot to death inside a burned-out trailer Friday morning say they are not surprised.

The victim’s son is now in custody, and two others were wounded after a quiet night on a Franklinton Street turned to mayhem.

“This is like too close,” said resident Nina Dillon. “This is in my mom’s backyard.”

Police say 20-year-old Christopher Dillon went down the street Thursday night and shot a neighbor in the arm as he tried to rob him.

Dillon then ran to the trailer he shared with his mother, 42-year-old Robin Dillon.

When he got back to the trailer, police rushed in, and Dillon emerged from a hallway carrying a gun. He fired at officer Chad Dorsett, striking him in the chest and the arm. The officer’s bulletproof vest protected him from serious injury.

Then the trailer caught fire, and as the flames raged, Dillon jumped out of a window, and was captured. After the fire, authorities went inside, and made a grisly discovery.

“When they entered, they found a body in the bed in the back bedroom,” said Washington Parish Chief Deputy Mike Haley.

Robin Dillon was dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities say the incident began around 10 p.m. Thursday night, when 20-year-old Christopher Dillon tried to rob his neighbor for cash, then shot him in the arm. That man is still recovering in a New Orleans hospital.

The second scene then started at the suspect’s home after he ran almost a football field away after the armed robbery and shooting down the street.

‘Police officers approached the residence, saw the door somewhat, not all the way closed, yelled for somebody to identify themselves, they went in and said they could smell gunpowder,’ said Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Greg Marchand, ‘They could see one hand and not the other, he said he was surrendering. As he made the corner of the hallway, he brandished a weapon, shot one time. It went through the trailer wall and hit an officer.’

Dillon was pulled from the burning home and arrested, but once the fire was out, the body of his mother, 44-year-old Robin Dillon, was discovered. The coroner’s office says she died from a single gunshot wound.

Franklinton Police say they had been called to the home several times for domestic issues between the mother and son. The Dillon’s family lives in Mississippi and Robin’s father told a neighbor she was his only child.

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24275766/one-woman-dead-an-officer-wounded-in-franklinton

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24272491/washington-parish-rampage-ends-with

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/northshore/2014/09/04/14648748/

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_66242bca-6ac6-11e3-a919-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.enterprise-journal.com/obituaries/article_81148e52-6e54-11e3-a68a-0019bb2963f4.html

Double Shooting – Killed – Galen Scott (Nairn, LA)

NAIRN, La. – An 18-year-old man hog hunting with two close friends accidentally shot them when he mistook them for the hogs he sought, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco said.

The shots from the shotgun of Wyatt Evans struck and killed 18-year-old Galen Scott and injured 17-year-old Cody Jones.

Evans has been booked at the Belle Chasse jail without bail on charges of negligent homicide and negligent injuring.

The incident occurred Thursday around 5:45 p.m. in Nairn, just south of Port Sulphur.

According to Greco, deputies received a call of two people shot in Nairn and those who arrived on the scene found Scott suffering from wounds to the head and leg, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Jones was shot in the legs and was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Greco said that based on interviews with Evans, Jones and other witnesses, it appears that the three friends went hog hunting in a wooded area and that prior to the trip, they had smoked marijuana.

After the sun had set, Greco said that Scott and Jones began walking towards Evans and that he observed two objects about 75 feet away and, thinking they were the hogs they sought, he fired back-to-back rounds of buckshot from his gun, striking both young men.

Greco said Evans immediately ran to their aid and the Plaquemines sheriff’s office was called to the scene.

NAIRN, LA, 12/19/13: An 18-year-old man hog hunting with two close friends accidentally shot them when he mistook them for the hogs he sought, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco said. The shots from the shotgun of Willie Evans struck and killed 18-year-old Galen Scott and injured 17-year-old Cody Jones. The incident occurred Thursday around 5:45 p.m. in Nairn, just south of Port Sulphur. According to Greco, deputies received a call of two people shot in Nairn and those who arrived on the scene found Scott suffering from wounds to the head and leg, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Jones was shot in the legs and was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery. Greco said that based on interviews with Evans, Jones and other witnesses, it appears that the three friends went hog hunting in a wooded area and that prior to the trip, they had smoked marijuana. After the sun had set, Greco said that Scott and Jones began walking towards Evans and that he observed two objects about 75 feet away and, thinking they were the hogs they sought, he fired back-to-back rounds of buckshot from his gun, striking both young men.

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/07/14648080/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/port_sulphur_teenager_shot_fri.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/port_sulphur_teen_indicted_for.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14648080/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/25/1262912/-Accidentally-shot-by-an-otherwise-responsible-gun-owner-GunFAIL-XLIX

Double Shooting – Wounded – Male Teen (Nairn, LA)

NAIRN, La. – An 18-year-old man hog hunting with two close friends accidentally shot them when he mistook them for the hogs he sought, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco said.

The shots from the shotgun of Wyatt Evans struck and killed 18-year-old Galen Scott and injured 17-year-old Cody Jones.

Evans has been booked at the Belle Chasse jail without bail on charges of negligent homicide and negligent injuring.

The incident occurred Thursday around 5:45 p.m. in Nairn, just south of Port Sulphur.

According to Greco, deputies received a call of two people shot in Nairn and those who arrived on the scene found Scott suffering from wounds to the head and leg, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Jones was shot in the legs and was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Greco said that based on interviews with Evans, Jones and other witnesses, it appears that the three friends went hog hunting in a wooded area and that prior to the trip, they had smoked marijuana.

After the sun had set, Greco said that Scott and Jones began walking towards Evans and that he observed two objects about 75 feet away and, thinking they were the hogs they sought, he fired back-to-back rounds of buckshot from his gun, striking both young men.

Greco said Evans immediately ran to their aid and the Plaquemines sheriff’s office was called to the scene.

NAIRN, LA, 12/19/13: An 18-year-old man hog hunting with two close friends accidentally shot them when he mistook them for the hogs he sought, Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco said. The shots from the shotgun of Willie Evans struck and killed 18-year-old Galen Scott and injured 17-year-old Cody Jones. The incident occurred Thursday around 5:45 p.m. in Nairn, just south of Port Sulphur. According to Greco, deputies received a call of two people shot in Nairn and those who arrived on the scene found Scott suffering from wounds to the head and leg, he was pronounced dead on the scene. Jones was shot in the legs and was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery. Greco said that based on interviews with Evans, Jones and other witnesses, it appears that the three friends went hog hunting in a wooded area and that prior to the trip, they had smoked marijuana. After the sun had set, Greco said that Scott and Jones began walking towards Evans and that he observed two objects about 75 feet away and, thinking they were the hogs they sought, he fired back-to-back rounds of buckshot from his gun, striking both young men.

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/09/07/14648080/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/port_sulphur_teenager_shot_fri.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/port_sulphur_teen_indicted_for.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14648080/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/25/1262912/-Accidentally-shot-by-an-otherwise-responsible-gun-owner-GunFAIL-XLIX

Killed – Hector Trochez (New Orleans, LA)

According to the New Orleans Police, an armored truck guard who was unloading money at a bank in New Orleans was fatally shot when three men approached him just before 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Reports say the robbers took the money and drove off. The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Hector Trochez of Kenner.

Police say Trochez was found beside a Loomis vehicle outside of the Chase Bank at South Carrollton and South Claiborne avenues.

NOPD says the suspects abandoned the first vehicle they were in at Adam and Green Streets and fled in a gray Hyundai with a partial plate of 141654.

NEW ORLEANS – At around 10:45 Wednesday morning, three men unleashed a hail of gunfire, ambushing and killing an armored truck guard as he unloaded cash in the parking lot of the Chase Bank at Carrollton and South Claiborne.

The armored truck stopped in the parking lot of the busy Uptown bank, followed by a gray Chevy Tahoe. Loomis armed guard Hector Trochez unloaded more than $265,000 and turned to wheel the currency into the building.

In a flash, three masked gunmen jumped from the Tahoe, shooting at Trochez without warning. He attempted to return fire, but his resistance abruptly ended when a shot from an assault rifle pierced his head. As the echoes of at least 15 gunshots reverberated in the air, the gunmen grabbed the bags of cash and sped away. Inside the armored vehicle, a 22-year-old guard sobbed in shock, while Trochez, her 45-year-old partner, lay dead on the asphalt behind the truck.

http://www.wlox.com/story/24252903/armored-guard-unloading-money-at-bank-fatally-shot-in-new-orleans

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24252234/nopd-investigating-a-murder

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/slain_armored-car_guard_was_pr.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/12/one_year_later_no_arrests_in_f.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/04/dna_link_provides_new_orleans.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/50000_reward_offered_for_info.html

http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary-preview.aspx?n=hector-trochez&pid=168662062&referrer=2

http://www.muhleisen.com/obituaries/Hector-Trochez/

Killed – Timothy Pena (Baton Rouge, LA)

BATON ROUGE – A Denham Springs man died in the hospital today, succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds.

Police said 20-year-old Timothy Pena was found on Sycamore Street near Plank Road around 10:30 a.m. He had several bullet wounds around his chest.

Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L’Jean McKneely said a 20-year-old man was fatally shot around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at 3744 Sycamore St. Timothy Pena, of Denham Springs was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso.

http://www.wbrz.com/news/denham-springs-man-shot-to-death/

http://www.wtoc.com/story/24249125/victim-dies-after-getting-shot-multiple-times-in-broad-daylight

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/denham_springs_man_20_fatally.html

http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168641678

http://www.livingstonparishnews.com/obituaries/article_3e6e4e06-6992-11e3-a979-0019bb2963f4.html

Double Murder – Killed – Lisa Arbuthnot (New Orleans, LA)

NEWORLEANS- Police say an attack that left a mother and daughter dead in New Orleans East was not a random attack.

Police say officers arrived at the Wind Run apartments on the I-10 Service Road shortly after 3:15 a.m. Monday. Officers responded to a call of shots fired inside an apartment.

They found 20-year-old Ryesha Arbuthnot stabbed to death in the parking lot. She had also been shot several times. Her mother, 45-year-old Lisa Arbuthnot was found inside the apartment dead from gunshot wounds to the head.

‘Between say 3:00 something and 4:00, I heard a pop, pop and I heard another young lady screaming and hollering,’ said Michelle Jordan, who lives in an apartment near the crime scene.

The coroner says the 20-year-old was stabbed to death while her mother was shot in the head.

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2014/09/04/14646154/

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24235941/cornoer-identifies-mom-daughter-killed-in-new-orleans-east

Killed – Kenneth Young (New Orleans, LA)

An 18-year-old man found stuffed in the trunk of a bloody car abandoned in a Slidell wooded area on Sunday morning (Dec. 15) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner as Kenneth Young.

Young was shot near the intersection of Peoples and Jasmine streets in Gentilly and died from several gunshot wounds to the head, said John Gagliano, chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

NOPD spokesman officer Garry Flot declined to say when the shooting happened, citing the ongoing investigation.

Neighbors called Slidell police on Sunday about 8:30 a.m. to report a suspicious white Infinity car backed up into a wooded area on Teddy Avenue between 9th and 10th streets. There was a “large amount” of blood inside the car and some blood smeared along its exterior, Slidell police spokesman Detective Daniel Seuzeneau said on Monday.

NEW ORLEANS – Authorities say a man whose body was found Sunday morning in the trunk of a car in Slidell was killed in New Orleans’ Gentilly neighborhood.

John Gagliano, of the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office, said 18-year-old Kenneth Young was shot to death late Saturday or early Sunday.

New Orleans police booked Diamante Bartholomew, 17, and Corey Levy, 21, on charges of second-degree murder in the Dec. 15 killing of 18-year-old Kenneth Young, a senior at Landry-Walker High School in Algiers. Police also have arrested Jude Braud, 18, on a charge of being an accomplice to the murder. They were all arrested last week, records show.

According to a detective’s report, the killing stemmed from a marijuana deal. Phone records connected the dead teen to Levy, Bartholomew’s cousin, who told detectives he had taken a group of men to buy marijuana when the shooting happened at Peoples Avenue and Verbena Street.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/teen_found_dead_in_car_trunk_i.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/02/3_booked_in_connection_to_dec.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/05/grand_jury_indicts_3_in_fatal.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14647022/

http://www.wbrz.com/news/man-killed-in-new-orleans-found-in-slidell/

http://www.davismortuaryservice.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1194031

Double Murder – Killed – Stephan Raymond (New Orleans, LA)

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office on Sunday identified two men killed in a Saturday night shooting on Amelia Street.

Johnathan Sam, 23, was found dead Saturday (Dec. 14) on the porch of a house in the 2700 block of Amelia Street, according to coroner’s spokesman John Gagliano. New Orleans police reported Sam suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

Stephan Raymond, 22, was taken to Interim LSU Public Hospital, where he died following the 7:45 p.m. shooting. Gagliano declined to say where Raymond was shot.

Gagliano said Raymond and Sam were New Orleans residents, but he gave no other identifying details.

Officer Garry Flot, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department, said Sunday that he could not release any other details about the shooting, which the department classified as a double homicide.

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2013/12/orleans_coroner_identifies_two.html

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/police-investigating-double-murder-in-new-orleans/23492804

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/police_investigating_homicide_7.html#incart_m-rpt-2

http://uptownmessenger.com/2013/12/second-person-now-sought-for-questioning-in-amelia-street-double-homicide/

http://www.nola.gov/nopd/press-releases/2013/20131216-help-the-nopd-locate-kathryn-hunter/

http://www.directobits.tv/iframe/info/804220ca-5e57-d650-a168-d91d480db195

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=johnathan-jerrell-sam&pid=168752071&

Double Murder – Killed – Johnathan Sam (New Orleans, LA)

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office on Sunday identified two men killed in a Saturday night shooting on Amelia Street.

Johnathan Sam, 23, was found dead Saturday (Dec. 14) on the porch of a house in the 2700 block of Amelia Street, according to coroner’s spokesman John Gagliano. New Orleans police reported Sam suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

Stephan Raymond, 22, was taken to Interim LSU Public Hospital, where he died following the 7:45 p.m. shooting. Gagliano declined to say where Raymond was shot.

Gagliano said Raymond and Sam were New Orleans residents, but he gave no other identifying details.

Officer Garry Flot, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department, said Sunday that he could not release any other details about the shooting, which the department classified as a double homicide.

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2013/12/orleans_coroner_identifies_two.html

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/police-investigating-double-murder-in-new-orleans/23492804

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/police_investigating_homicide_7.html#incart_m-rpt-2

http://uptownmessenger.com/2013/12/second-person-now-sought-for-questioning-in-amelia-street-double-homicide/

http://www.nola.gov/nopd/press-releases/2013/20131216-help-the-nopd-locate-kathryn-hunter/

http://www.directobits.tv/iframe/info/804220ca-5e57-d650-a168-d91d480db195

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=johnathan-jerrell-sam&pid=168752071&

Killed – Oliver Brown (New Orleans, LA)

A man who was killed on Wednesday night (Dec. 11) on the edge of Gert Town has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner.

Oliver Brown, 29, was found dead from several gunshot wounds in front of a home in the 7000 block of Oleander Street at about 9 p.m., said John Gagliano, the chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_killed_near_edge_of_gert.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_is_shot_on_edge_of_gert_to.html#incart_river

http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2013/12/murder_at_audubon_and_oleander_2.html

http://photos.nola.com/4500/gallery/shooting_at_oleander_and_audubon_/index.html#/0

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168649555

Double Shooting – Killed – Jared Christopher Vincent (Baton Rouge, LA)

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office identified the person who died in a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Gardere as 22-year-old Jared Christopher Vincent.

Vincent lived at the address on the 9400 block of Pecan Ridge Drive where the shooting took place, according to the sheriff’s office.

One other person was injured in the shooting, which occurred at about 5 a.m.

A total of six people have been arrested in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in the Gardere neighborhood of Baton Rouge this week.

More details are also emerging about what happened Wednesday night at the apartment at 9143 Ridge Pecan Drive, in an apparently chaotic robbery and drug deal gone bad that left one man dead and three men with gunshot wounds. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office officials said a group of five men went to the apartment of Jared Christopher Vincent “with the sole purpose of stealing money and drugs from Vincent.”

Only one man, 20-year-old Demarcus James of Prairieville, went inside Vincent’s apartment and is the suspected shooter, according to the sheriff’s office. The others stayed in the car or outside the apartment.

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Demarcus James (DOB 10-4-93), of 16111 Aikens Road Prairieville, La. for First Degree Murder in Wednesday morning’s shooting.

According to reports, James arrived at a hospital in a neighboring parish shortly after the shooting with multiple gunshot wounds.

The co-defendant, Hargrove, told detectives that he went with James to Ridge Pecan to purchase narcotics. He stated James went inside to negotiate the purchase, and he later heard multiple gunshots coming from inside the residence. Hargrove admitted to shooting one man, a roommate of the deceased, as he fled from the apartment. Moments later, James allegedly exited armed with a pistol and suffering from several gunshot wounds. James then fled the scene prior to detectives arrival.

Detectives located James at the hospital and took him into custody this evening. He was transported and booked into parish prison. The investigation is still ongoing. Updates will be provided as they become available. Once James is processed a booking photo will be available upon request.

EBRSO Arrests Two in Connection With Wednesday Shooting

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives arrested two men today in connection with the shooting that occurred Wednesday morning at approximately 5:00 a.m. at 9143 Ridge Pecan Drive that left one man injured and another dead.

Twenty-two-year-old Jared Christopher Vincent of 9143 Ridge Pecan was found dead at the scene inside his apartment. Detectives also discovered a large amount of marijuana inside the apartment where the deceased was found as well as evidence of a struggle and gunfire.

Aaron Hargrove, 19, of 39155 Lee Stevens Rd. Prairieville, La. is charged with Principal to First Degree Murder and Attempted First Degree Murder.

Hargrove admitted to detectives that he went to the apartment to purchase marijuana Wednesday morning. He stated that a short time later, he was outside the apartment when he heard gunfire. He stated he saw one of the men flee from the apartment, at which time he admitted to shooting him in the back. The man shot was transported to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.

Patrick Anderson, 20, of 41060 Merrit Evans Road Prairieville, La. is also charged with Obstruction of Justice.

According to reports, Anderson arrived at a local hospital not long after the shooting with a gunshot wound to the hand. Anderson told detectives that a family member arrived at his home with blood on his clothes and in possession of several pistols. The family member allegedly told Anderson that the pistols had been used in a shooting in Baton Rouge earlier that morning. Anderson agreed to clean the pistols and hide them. He alleged that a pistol accidentally discharged and struck him in the hand during the course of unloading it. Detectives were able to recover the two hidden pistols believed to be used in the shooting.

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/gardere_shooting_victim_identi.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/six_arrested_in_fatal_gardere.html

http://www.ebrso.org/PUBLICTOOLS/PressRelease2013/December1202.aspx

http://www.wbrz.com/news/6-booked-in-wednesday-shooting-death/

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/one_dead_in_wednesday_morning.html

http://www.wafb.com/story/24207204/19-year-old-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder

http://theadvocate.com/news/police/7829994-123/two-arrested-in-wednesday-shooting

http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168637830

Double Shooting – Wounded – Man (Baton Rouge, LA)

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office identified the person who died in a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Gardere as 22-year-old Jared Christopher Vincent.

Vincent lived at the address on the 9400 block of Pecan Ridge Drive where the shooting took place, according to the sheriff’s office.

One other person was injured in the shooting, which occurred at about 5 a.m.

A total of six people have been arrested in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in the Gardere neighborhood of Baton Rouge this week.

More details are also emerging about what happened Wednesday night at the apartment at 9143 Ridge Pecan Drive, in an apparently chaotic robbery and drug deal gone bad that left one man dead and three men with gunshot wounds. East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office officials said a group of five men went to the apartment of Jared Christopher Vincent “with the sole purpose of stealing money and drugs from Vincent.”

Only one man, 20-year-old Demarcus James of Prairieville, went inside Vincent’s apartment and is the suspected shooter, according to the sheriff’s office. The others stayed in the car or outside the apartment.

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Demarcus James (DOB 10-4-93), of 16111 Aikens Road Prairieville, La. for First Degree Murder in Wednesday morning’s shooting.

According to reports, James arrived at a hospital in a neighboring parish shortly after the shooting with multiple gunshot wounds.

The co-defendant, Hargrove, told detectives that he went with James to Ridge Pecan to purchase narcotics. He stated James went inside to negotiate the purchase, and he later heard multiple gunshots coming from inside the residence. Hargrove admitted to shooting one man, a roommate of the deceased, as he fled from the apartment. Moments later, James allegedly exited armed with a pistol and suffering from several gunshot wounds. James then fled the scene prior to detectives arrival.

Detectives located James at the hospital and took him into custody this evening. He was transported and booked into parish prison. The investigation is still ongoing. Updates will be provided as they become available. Once James is processed a booking photo will be available upon request.

EBRSO Arrests Two in Connection With Wednesday Shooting

East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Detectives arrested two men today in connection with the shooting that occurred Wednesday morning at approximately 5:00 a.m. at 9143 Ridge Pecan Drive that left one man injured and another dead.

Twenty-two-year-old Jared Christopher Vincent of 9143 Ridge Pecan was found dead at the scene inside his apartment. Detectives also discovered a large amount of marijuana inside the apartment where the deceased was found as well as evidence of a struggle and gunfire.

Aaron Hargrove, 19, of 39155 Lee Stevens Rd. Prairieville, La. is charged with Principal to First Degree Murder and Attempted First Degree Murder.

Hargrove admitted to detectives that he went to the apartment to purchase marijuana Wednesday morning. He stated that a short time later, he was outside the apartment when he heard gunfire. He stated he saw one of the men flee from the apartment, at which time he admitted to shooting him in the back. The man shot was transported to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.

Patrick Anderson, 20, of 41060 Merrit Evans Road Prairieville, La. is also charged with Obstruction of Justice.

According to reports, Anderson arrived at a local hospital not long after the shooting with a gunshot wound to the hand. Anderson told detectives that a family member arrived at his home with blood on his clothes and in possession of several pistols. The family member allegedly told Anderson that the pistols had been used in a shooting in Baton Rouge earlier that morning. Anderson agreed to clean the pistols and hide them. He alleged that a pistol accidentally discharged and struck him in the hand during the course of unloading it. Detectives were able to recover the two hidden pistols believed to be used in the shooting.

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/gardere_shooting_victim_identi.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/six_arrested_in_fatal_gardere.html

http://www.ebrso.org/PUBLICTOOLS/PressRelease2013/December1202.aspx

http://www.wbrz.com/news/6-booked-in-wednesday-shooting-death/

http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/12/one_dead_in_wednesday_morning.html

http://www.wafb.com/story/24207204/19-year-old-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder

http://theadvocate.com/news/police/7829994-123/two-arrested-in-wednesday-shooting

http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168637830

Killed – David Joseph Simon (Metairie, LA)

METAIRIE, La. —The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting in Metairie.

It happened Tuesday around 8:44 p.m. in the 6300 block of Riverside Drive.

Deputies responded to numbers calls reporting shots fired and found 26-year-old David Joseph Simon lying on the pavement after having been shot multiple times, they say.

His name has not been released.

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/jpso-investigating-metairie-slaying/23423514

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14642706/

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24187832/police-investiate-fatal-shooting-outside-no-east-convenience-store

Triple Shooting – Killed – Emmanuel Jethro (New Orleans, LA)

A man killed in a triple shooting in eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night (Dec. 10) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner.

Emmanuel Jethro, 33, died at about 8 p.m. after being shot several times in the 11900 block of Hayne Boulevard, said John Gagliano, chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

Two other men — ages 17 and 20 — were also shot at a gas station on the corner of Hayne Boulevard and Bullard Avenue, and were listed in stable condition at a local hospital, NOPD spokesman Garry Flot said.

The report of the shooting came in Tuesday about 7:35 p.m., the spokesman said. The NOPD has not made any arrests in the case.

New details have emerged in last month’s shooting death of a Gretna man who New Orleans police say was gunned down by 17-year-old Tracy Bell at an eastern New Orleans gas station.

Though Bell is accused of fatally wounding 33-year-old Emmanuel Jethro and faces a charge of second-degree murder, investigators believe it was Jethro’s 17-year-old nephew who initiated the fateful shootout after a verbal altercation turned violent, an arrest report says. Bell, who was wounded in the exchange, surrendered to authorities last Friday at his mother’s home, which is less than two miles from the crime scene.

Police responding to reports of gunfire on the night of Dec. 10 arrived at the Family Ranch Discount Gas station to find blood, 13 spent bullet casings of different calibers, and one live 9 mm cartridge, the warrant says. What they didn’t find were victims, or a clear picture of what had transpired.

But after reports of gunshot patients turning up in private cars minutes later at both Interim LSU Public Hospital and Tulane Medical Center, investigators began piecing together the details of the shootout. Based on interviews, seized belongings, and a review of the gas station’s surveillance tapes, police determined that Bell and Jethro’s nephew not only knew each other, but had been texting each other about firearms before the confrontation took place. The detective did not elaborate on the details of the firearms discussion.

NOPD Detective Nicholas Williams said in the warrant Jethro was in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Impala driven by his girlfriend, with his nephew a passenger in the back seat. Bell and a 20-year-old man pulled up behind them at the gas station in a Nissan Maxima. Bell initially told investigators he and his associate were waiting for a gas pump. The driver of the Impala told police her car had been pursued and run off a road by the Maxima, before stopping at the gas station.

Jethro got out of the Impala and began arguing with the Maxima’s passengers, which escalated into a physical confrontation, the warrant says. Jethro’s nephew also left the Impala and told its driver to pop open the trunk, from which he pulled a .40-caliber pistol and began firing, the detective wrote in the warrant. Bell told police he got a 9mm handgun from his car and returned fire, striking the unarmed Jethro twice, the warrant says. At least one shot punctured Jethro’s femoral artery, and bleeding from that leg wound proved fatal. Bell told police he discarded the weapon after escaping the scene.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_killed_in_eastern_new_orle_3.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/eastern_new_orleans_killing_re.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/one_shot_to_dead_one_wounded_i.html

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/2-Injured-1-killed-in-NOLA-East-shooting/23424218

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14642188/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/17-year-old_named_as_suspect_i.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/second_gunman_sought_in_fatal.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168639845

Triple Shooting – Wounded – Male Teen (New Orleans, LA)

A man killed in a triple shooting in eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night (Dec. 10) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner.

Emmanuel Jethro, 33, died at about 8 p.m. after being shot several times in the 11900 block of Hayne Boulevard, said John Gagliano, chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

Two other men — ages 17 and 20 — were also shot at a gas station on the corner of Hayne Boulevard and Bullard Avenue, and were listed in stable condition at a local hospital, NOPD spokesman Garry Flot said.

The report of the shooting came in Tuesday about 7:35 p.m., the spokesman said. The NOPD has not made any arrests in the case.

New details have emerged in last month’s shooting death of a Gretna man who New Orleans police say was gunned down by 17-year-old Tracy Bell at an eastern New Orleans gas station.

Though Bell is accused of fatally wounding 33-year-old Emmanuel Jethro and faces a charge of second-degree murder, investigators believe it was Jethro’s 17-year-old nephew who initiated the fateful shootout after a verbal altercation turned violent, an arrest report says. Bell, who was wounded in the exchange, surrendered to authorities last Friday at his mother’s home, which is less than two miles from the crime scene.

Police responding to reports of gunfire on the night of Dec. 10 arrived at the Family Ranch Discount Gas station to find blood, 13 spent bullet casings of different calibers, and one live 9 mm cartridge, the warrant says. What they didn’t find were victims, or a clear picture of what had transpired.

But after reports of gunshot patients turning up in private cars minutes later at both Interim LSU Public Hospital and Tulane Medical Center, investigators began piecing together the details of the shootout. Based on interviews, seized belongings, and a review of the gas station’s surveillance tapes, police determined that Bell and Jethro’s nephew not only knew each other, but had been texting each other about firearms before the confrontation took place. The detective did not elaborate on the details of the firearms discussion.

NOPD Detective Nicholas Williams said in the warrant Jethro was in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Impala driven by his girlfriend, with his nephew a passenger in the back seat. Bell and a 20-year-old man pulled up behind them at the gas station in a Nissan Maxima. Bell initially told investigators he and his associate were waiting for a gas pump. The driver of the Impala told police her car had been pursued and run off a road by the Maxima, before stopping at the gas station.

Jethro got out of the Impala and began arguing with the Maxima’s passengers, which escalated into a physical confrontation, the warrant says. Jethro’s nephew also left the Impala and told its driver to pop open the trunk, from which he pulled a .40-caliber pistol and began firing, the detective wrote in the warrant. Bell told police he got a 9mm handgun from his car and returned fire, striking the unarmed Jethro twice, the warrant says. At least one shot punctured Jethro’s femoral artery, and bleeding from that leg wound proved fatal. Bell told police he discarded the weapon after escaping the scene.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_killed_in_eastern_new_orle_3.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/eastern_new_orleans_killing_re.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/one_shot_to_dead_one_wounded_i.html

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/2-Injured-1-killed-in-NOLA-East-shooting/23424218

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14642188/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/17-year-old_named_as_suspect_i.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/second_gunman_sought_in_fatal.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168639845

Triple Shooting – Wounded – Man (New Orleans, LA)

A man killed in a triple shooting in eastern New Orleans on Tuesday night (Dec. 10) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner.

Emmanuel Jethro, 33, died at about 8 p.m. after being shot several times in the 11900 block of Hayne Boulevard, said John Gagliano, chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

Two other men — ages 17 and 20 — were also shot at a gas station on the corner of Hayne Boulevard and Bullard Avenue, and were listed in stable condition at a local hospital, NOPD spokesman Garry Flot said.

The report of the shooting came in Tuesday about 7:35 p.m., the spokesman said. The NOPD has not made any arrests in the case.

New details have emerged in last month’s shooting death of a Gretna man who New Orleans police say was gunned down by 17-year-old Tracy Bell at an eastern New Orleans gas station.

Though Bell is accused of fatally wounding 33-year-old Emmanuel Jethro and faces a charge of second-degree murder, investigators believe it was Jethro’s 17-year-old nephew who initiated the fateful shootout after a verbal altercation turned violent, an arrest report says. Bell, who was wounded in the exchange, surrendered to authorities last Friday at his mother’s home, which is less than two miles from the crime scene.

Police responding to reports of gunfire on the night of Dec. 10 arrived at the Family Ranch Discount Gas station to find blood, 13 spent bullet casings of different calibers, and one live 9 mm cartridge, the warrant says. What they didn’t find were victims, or a clear picture of what had transpired.

But after reports of gunshot patients turning up in private cars minutes later at both Interim LSU Public Hospital and Tulane Medical Center, investigators began piecing together the details of the shootout. Based on interviews, seized belongings, and a review of the gas station’s surveillance tapes, police determined that Bell and Jethro’s nephew not only knew each other, but had been texting each other about firearms before the confrontation took place. The detective did not elaborate on the details of the firearms discussion.

NOPD Detective Nicholas Williams said in the warrant Jethro was in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Impala driven by his girlfriend, with his nephew a passenger in the back seat. Bell and a 20-year-old man pulled up behind them at the gas station in a Nissan Maxima. Bell initially told investigators he and his associate were waiting for a gas pump. The driver of the Impala told police her car had been pursued and run off a road by the Maxima, before stopping at the gas station.

Jethro got out of the Impala and began arguing with the Maxima’s passengers, which escalated into a physical confrontation, the warrant says. Jethro’s nephew also left the Impala and told its driver to pop open the trunk, from which he pulled a .40-caliber pistol and began firing, the detective wrote in the warrant. Bell told police he got a 9mm handgun from his car and returned fire, striking the unarmed Jethro twice, the warrant says. At least one shot punctured Jethro’s femoral artery, and bleeding from that leg wound proved fatal. Bell told police he discarded the weapon after escaping the scene.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_killed_in_eastern_new_orle_3.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/eastern_new_orleans_killing_re.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/one_shot_to_dead_one_wounded_i.html

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/2-Injured-1-killed-in-NOLA-East-shooting/23424218

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14642188/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/17-year-old_named_as_suspect_i.html

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/second_gunman_sought_in_fatal.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168639845

Killed – Joseph H. Stevens Jr. (Loranger, LA)

A 33-year-old Loranger man was fatally shot in what appears to be a hunting accident that occurred Friday near Highway 1062 in Loranger.

Joseph H. Stevens Jr.’s body has been turned over to the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office, authorities said.

Stevens and Stacey M. Trapp, 37, also of Loranger, hunted on property near 55202 Highway 1062 and decided to head back to their vehicles around 2:30 p.m.

Trapp told law enforcers they searched for an easier crossing point after coming across a net wire fence.

Trapp decided to crawl under some bushes with his .270 caliber bolt-action rifle slung around his right shoulder. His rifle went off as he squatted down, Trapp said, and a bullet struck Stevens.
Trapp called 911 for help.

“Investigators believe that Stevens was killed instantly and do not suspect foul play at this time,” Wildlife and Fisheries stated in a statement issued Saturday.

http://www.hammondstar.com/news/loranger-hunter-dies-in-accident/article_5a4679a0-6014-11e3-a3b0-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.hammondstar.com/news/loranger-hunter-dies-in-accident/article_5a4679a0-6014-11e3-a3b0-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=5998

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2014/09/04/14637940/

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24161711/hammond-man-fatally-shot-while-on-hunting-trip

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/37236

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-henry-joe-stevens&pid=168484341&

Killed – Man (New Orleans, LA)

DECEMBER 06, 2013
(December 6, 2013) – Homicide Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man. The victim was discovered just before 2AM in the courtyard of an apartment complex in the 6000 block of Chef Menteur Highway.

Officer responded to “shots fired” inside of the apartment complex. When officers arrived they found the victim lying in the courtyard. The victim was shot several times and pronounced dead on the scene.

Investigators are currently in the process of gathering evidence and information to identify the person(s) responsible in this incident, as well as a motive.

http://www.nola.gov/nopd/press-releases/2013/20131206-man-found-shot-to-death-in-eastern-new-or/

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/Man-found-shot-to-death-in-NO-East-Friday-morning/23370760

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/08/28/14636926/

Killed – William Letman (Gentilly, LA)

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday in Gentilly.

Officers responding to a call of a “man down” at about 7:25 p.m. found a 46-year-old man inside a white Lincoln in the driveway of a home in the 3300 block of Piedmont Drive. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead on the scene.

The victim has been identified as William Letman.

http://www.fox8live.com/story/24150386/man-found-shot-to-death-in-car-in-gentilly

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_found_shot_to_death_in_gen.html

Killed – Travis Estes (Algiers, LA)

A 33-year-old man who was shot to death in Algiers on Monday afternoon (Dec. 2) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner’s office. Travis Estes was shot near the corner of Belleville and De Armas streets just after 4 p.m., and died from a single gunshot wound at the scene, said John Gagliano, chief investigator at the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

New Orleans police initially reported that the man was shot several times.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_shot_dead_in_algiers_ident.html

http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=168506565

Double Shooting – Killed – Travis Moses (Houma, LA)

Police are searching for a person of interest in a shooting that killed a Houma man Sunday night.

Travis Moses, 45, 1102 Lafayette St., was shot just after 8 p.m. during a dispute at the BP Gas Station at Barataria Avenue and Tunnel Boulevard, Houma Police said.

Responding officers learned that Moses was taken to a local hospital by family members, police said in a news release.

Moses sustained injuries to his upper torso and later died.

Officers also learned that another victim was hit in the arm and was treated at Terrebonne General Medical Center, police said.

The suspect sought in connection with a Dec. 1 shooting death outside a Houma gas station is now behind bars, police said.

Ketrelle Andre’ Bolden, 23, 155 Jennings Lane, turned himself in Monday, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said.

Bolden is accused of fatally shooting 45-year-old Travis Moses of Houma during a fight at the BP Gas Station, 905 Barataria Ave. Moses was hit in the upper body and another unidentified person was shot in the arm, police said.

Surveillance video from a nearby business put Bolden at the scene and paved the way for arrest warrants for manslaughter and carrying an illegal weapon, police said.

Houma police tell The Courier the shooting took place when Moses was fighting with another man, police believe to be Ketrelle Andre’ Bolden, who shot him at the service station. Moses died of the injuries to his upper body and another person was struck in the arm.

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20131202/HURBLOG/131209994

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20131231/HURBLOG/131239907

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131203/ARTICLES/131209903

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/man-booked-with-manslaughter-in-dec-1-shooting/23711420

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/gulf-coast/houma-police-seek-person-of-interest-in-gas-station-slaying/23246380

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131202/HURBLOG/131209994

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?n=travis-moses&pid=168359830&

http://www.communityfuneralhome.net/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/11525/id/2340560

http://www.houmatimes.com/obituaries/article_ac9302ea-6132-11e3-98fa-0019bb2963f4.html

Double Shooting – Wounded – Man (Houma, LA)

Police are searching for a person of interest in a shooting that killed a Houma man Sunday night.

Travis Moses, 45, 1102 Lafayette St., was shot just after 8 p.m. during a dispute at the BP Gas Station at Barataria Avenue and Tunnel Boulevard, Houma Police said.

Responding officers learned that Moses was taken to a local hospital by family members, police said in a news release.

Moses sustained injuries to his upper torso and later died.

Officers also learned that another victim was hit in the arm and was treated at Terrebonne General Medical Center, police said.

The suspect sought in connection with a Dec. 1 shooting death outside a Houma gas station is now behind bars, police said.

Ketrelle Andre’ Bolden, 23, 155 Jennings Lane, turned himself in Monday, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said.

Bolden is accused of fatally shooting 45-year-old Travis Moses of Houma during a fight at the BP Gas Station, 905 Barataria Ave. Moses was hit in the upper body and another unidentified person was shot in the arm, police said.

Surveillance video from a nearby business put Bolden at the scene and paved the way for arrest warrants for manslaughter and carrying an illegal weapon, police said.

Houma police tell The Courier the shooting took place when Moses was fighting with another man, police believe to be Ketrelle Andre’ Bolden, who shot him at the service station. Moses died of the injuries to his upper body and another person was struck in the arm.

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20131202/HURBLOG/131209994

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20131231/HURBLOG/131239907

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131203/ARTICLES/131209903

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/man-booked-with-manslaughter-in-dec-1-shooting/23711420

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/gulf-coast/houma-police-seek-person-of-interest-in-gas-station-slaying/23246380

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20131202/HURBLOG/131209994

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?n=travis-moses&pid=168359830&

http://www.communityfuneralhome.net/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/11525/id/2340560

http://www.houmatimes.com/obituaries/article_ac9302ea-6132-11e3-98fa-0019bb2963f4.html

Killed – Man (Ville Platte, LA)

December 1, 2013 ·
Attempted Robbery in Ville Platte Leaves One Man Dead

An attempted robber was killed early this morning at a residence in Ville Platte. Police responded to the call of a possible home invasion around 1:45 Sunday morning. According to Ville Platte Chief of Police Neal Lartigue, the homeowner discovered the perpetrator in the residence in the middle of the night. The discovery led to a struggle in which the homeowner shot and killed the robber. But police are speculating that there could be more than one perp involved in the attempted robbery.
Ville Platte police department are currently investigating this case.

http://www.katc.com/news/intruder-shot-and-killed-in-ville-platte-attempted-robbery/

Killed – Jonathan Chinn (New Orleans, LA)

A 30-year-old man who was murdered last week (Nov. 30) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

Jonathan Chinn was shot in the 4300 block of Erato Street on Nov. 30 at about 3:45 a.m. and died at the scene. He had been shot several times, according to John Gagliano, the chief investigator for the Orleans Parish coroner’s office.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/man_gunned_down_in_erato_stree.html

Killed – Marcus Wright (Shreveport, LA)

A local man is dead and authorities are now searching for a killer following a shooting in west Shreveport Friday evening.

Just before 10:30 p.m. on November 29, 2013, Shreveport Police Patrol officers were called to a home in the 3800 block of Huston Street for a report of a man being shot there.

Officers arrived to find an adult male victim lying in the front yard suffering what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. The victim, identified as 41-year-old Marcus Wright of Shreveport, was rushed by Shreveport Fire Department medics to University Health, where he died.

Investigators say they believe Wright was shot during a dispute regarding some aspect of a transaction involving the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics.

Authorities working to develop leads and seeking the public’s assistance in uncovering information that will help lead to identity and apprehension of the person or persons responsible.

http://www.ksla.com/story/24101921/suspect-sought-in-deadly-west-shreveport-shooting

http://raycomgroup.worldnow.com/story/24101921/suspect-sought-in-deadly-west-shreveport-shooting

http://www.ktbs.com/story/24103812/seach-for-shooter-in-west-shreveport-murder

http://theinquisitor.com/article-2495-search-underway-for-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-that-claimed-the-life-of-a-shreveport-man.html

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/24101921/suspect-sought-in-deadly-west-shreveport-shooting

Killed – Dion Richard (New Orleans, LA)

The bullet-riddled body of a 38-year-man found in front of a 7th Ward church on Friday night (Nov.29) has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner.

Dion Richard was shot several times in the 1800 block of North Robertson Street shortly before 8 p.m., said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner’s office.

Richard’s body was found between two cars in front of the Genesis Missionary Baptist Church. He had been shot several times in his back and chest, Gagliano said, and was dead on the scene.

Someone shot Dion Richard, 38, about 7:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of North Robertson Street, said John Gagliano, the Orleans Parish coroner’s chief investigator.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/11/man_shot_killed_in_front_of_7t.html

http://www.wwltv.com/story/local/2015/08/22/14634788/

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/11/nopd_investigating_homicide_in_11.html#incart_river_default

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2014/09/04/14634788/

http://theadvocate.com/news/7721479-123/gunfire-kills-two-injures-one

Killed – Josue Pineda (LaFayette, LA)

Josue Pineda, 37, was shot dead Nov. 28 at an Lafayette apartment complex in the 3600 block of West Congress Street.

A warrant was issued for Wilmar Fernandez Ramirez, 30, of Lafayette, on a charge of second-degree murder.

Police found Pineda shot in a hallway. Witnesses said he was involved in a disturbance when Ramirez shot him with a handgun.

Witnesses said Ramirez fled the apartment. He is still wanted, the Lafayette Police Department said Tuesday.

LAFAYETTE — Lafayette police and federal agents are looking for a suspect in the killing of a man Thursday on West Congress Street.

Wilmar Fernandez Ramirez, 30, a Lafayette resident, is being sought by city police and the U.S. Marshals Office Violent Offenders Task Force in the 2:30 a.m. shooting.

Witnesses told police the victim became involved in a disturbance at the complex in the 3600 block of West Congress Street when Ramirez allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot the victim, who was not indentified.

Detectives have issued an arrest warrant for Ramirez alleging second-degree murder.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2014/01/07/14-homicide-cases-reported-in-lafayette-in-2013-most-closed/4367501/

http://theadvocate.com/home/7710202-125/police-search-for-single-gunman

http://www.cbs46.com/story/24093611/lafayette-man-dies-in-shooting-police-looking-for-suspect

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2013/11/28/police-investigate-suspicious-death-on-congress-street/3775065/