Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Metro area erupts into combat zone Holiday weekend sees nine people shot, three fatally. Lane, 53, was shot in his abdomen as he enjoyed the holiday from a rickety folding chair outside his front door. He was caught in the crossfire, police said, as unidentified gunmen blasted at two rivals who rushed toward Lane and took cover in his second-floor apartment. Lane was the last victim in a wave of gun violence that tore through New Orleans on Labor Day weekend. Monday was the bloodiest: Six people were shot, two were killed.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Central City shooter's stray round kills man
A New Orleans man sitting on his Central City balcony was killed Monday by a gunman firing at two other men, authorities said.

Husband shoots man found hiding in bedroom closet
After he returned from work to his Uptown home early Monday and found a man hiding in a bedroom closet, Gregory S. Becknel shot the man in the stomach, turned on his wife and hit her several times in the face, New Orleans police said.

Man found fatally shot in Warehouse District
Authorities are investigating the death of an unidentified 23-year-old man who died from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head early Monday in the Warehouse District, New Orleans police said.

Motorist shot by other driver
A man was shot Monday evening following an encounter with another motorist in Jefferson, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Stray bullet wounds Algiers man in east N.O.
An Algiers man was wounded Monday by a stray bullet in eastern New Orleans, police said.

When needed most, psych services gone
In a scene that is becoming disturbingly common, New Orleans police were summoned during the July 4th weekend to Mid-City to deal with a paranoid schizophrenic man who had turned violent.

Monday, September 04, 2006
Carrollton man wounded in Irish Channel shooting
A shooting Sunday morning in the Irish Channel ended with a New Orleans man wounded in the back and ankle, police said.

Saturday, September 02, 2006
Boy, 16, killed on Jackson Avenue
A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday in early-morning darkness in the 800 block of Jackson Avenue, New Orleans Police said.

Radio host questioned in wife's killing
Radio personality Vince Marinello was questioned for two hours Friday evening by detectives investigating the shooting death of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, just hours after Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee disclosed the pair had been in the middle of an acrimonious divorce.

Friday, September 01, 2006
Cops seeking leads in Metairie shooting
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking leads in the shooting of an unidentified man in Metairie early Thursday morning.

Man kills wife, self, cops say
A Plaquemines Parish man who was under a court order to stay away from his wife killed her Sunday and then killed himself, a spokesman for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office said.

N.O. man found slain in vacant Algiers home
The bullet-riddled body of a 49-year-old New Orleans man was found Thursday in an abandoned house on a busy Algiers thoroughfare, near the scenes of two other homicides in recent months.

Woman shot in the face twice in Old Metairie
The customary calm of Old Metairie was shattered Thursday afternoon when a woman was shot twice in the face in the parking lot of an office building in broad daylight.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Passenger killed stopped at red light
A passenger in a car stopped at a traffic light Tuesday afternoon in Gentilly was fatally shot by the driver of a car that had just pulled alongside, police said.

Shooting on Jefferson street leaves man dead
A man walking down a street was shot to death Tuesday in the Jefferson community, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
- jimlouis 9-05-2006 5:20 pm





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