Wednesday, April 6, 2005
• N.O. man killed in 9th Ward
A New Orleans man was fatally shot in the chest during a fight Tuesday afternoon in the Lower 9th Ward, police said.

• Killing suspect facing trial as adult
An Algiers youth, accused of killing a Marrero teen during a fight over money last month, will be tried as an adult and faces life in prison if convicted, a Jefferson Parish prosecutor said.

• Acquitted killer gets time after all
A Metairie teenager who eluded a life sentence when a jury acquitted her of murder two years ago has been sent to prison for 10 years because she violated conditions of her probation on a narcotics conviction, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Thursday, April 7, 2005
• Student is shot near N.O. school
Minutes before 16-year-old Jerome Brown was shot in the neck outside Alfred Lawless High School in New Orleans Wednesday afternoon, his principal stopped him in the hallway, telling him to get to class. He laughed and assured her he would.


Friday, April 8, 2005
• N.O. man arrested in pair of slayings
New Orleans police have arrested one man in two shooting deaths. In another case, two other men were arrested in an unrelated slaying.

• 2 men shot dead 15 minutes apart
Less than a day after a student was shot outside a New Orleans school, two men were shot dead on Mid-City streets Thursday morning within blocks of two other schools, prompting a lockdown at one school and heightening security at the other.
- jimlouis 4-09-2005 3:38 am





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