Tuesday, July 12,2005
• Two New Orleans men are killed in shootings
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating two apparently unrelated shooting deaths, one near the site of the old Desire public housing complex late Sunday night and the other in the 9th Ward early Monday.

• Man killed during speeding dispute
As his 5-year-old daughter rode her Barbie jeep nearby, a LaPlace man joining his neighbors for a "prehurricane party" on their front lawns Saturday night was shot in the head after an altercation stemming from a complaint of a car speeding past the gathering.

• Jilted lover shot pair, then self, police say
Three women were found shot to death Monday morning in a Chalmette home in an apparent double murder-suicide linked to a love-triangle dispute, authorities said.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005
• Man found fatally shot in N.O.
An unidentified man was found fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in an 8th Ward neighborhood.

• Man booked with throwing bottle
More than two days after a LaPlace man was killed during a dispute about a beer bottle thrown at a moving car, the man accused of chucking the bottle was arrested, the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

• Harvey man killed in his driveway
A 23-year-old Harvey man is dead and three others are recovering from gunshot wounds after three separate West Bank shootings early Tuesday morning, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

• Gunman bursts into store on Magazine, kills grocer
A 46-year-old Magazine Street grocer was shot to death Tuesday afternoon by a man who entered the store cursing and then fired a single shot at her as she ran to the back of the business to warn her husband, police and family said.

• Child rapist OKs surgical castration
In a rare penalty for a sex crime, a Covington child rapist agreed Tuesday to undergo surgical castration and serve 25 years in jail rather than face a possible life sentence.

Thursday, July 14, 2005
• Man kills wife, self, 1 other in Elmwood
By Michelle Hunter

Saturday, July 16, 2005
• Man kills burglar, police say
A 20-year-old Destrehan man, who authorities say was attempting to burglarize a home, was killed Friday when the resident shot him in the side.

• Former murder suspect is killed
A 21-year-old eastern New Orleans man, arrested for first-degree murder last summer but freed after the case was dropped, became a murder victim himself Thursday night, police said.

Sunday, July 17, 2005
• Two found shot dead in Gentilly residence
A man and a woman were found shot to death early Saturday in the man's home at 2910 Mandeville St. in Gentilly, the New Orleans Police Department said.

• N.O. police called too heavy-handed
Outraged by a rash of shootings of suspects by New Orleans police, a crowd of community leaders and residents met in search of answers Saturday morning at the Treme Community Center.

• Fight proves deadly for Kenner resident
A 29-year-old Kenner man died Friday night from a head injury suffered when he fell during a fight with two men in Kenner, police said.

• 2 women killed by suicide gunmen
By Walt Philbin

Monday, July 18, 2005
• 7 in N.O. wounded in drive-by shooting
In one of the most violent shooting sprees New Orleans has seen this year, seven people were shot Sunday night when several individuals open-fired on a small crowd in what police say was retaliation for a killing the night before.

• Nightclub shooting injures five
A shooting early Sunday left four people wounded outside a 7th Ward nightclub, according to New Orleans police.
- jimlouis 7-19-2005 4:06 am





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