Hush now: Change the name all you want, but 309 Decatur St. has turned the corner near Bienville Street into a dangerous place to be.
After 3 serious melees in that vicinity since the first of the year, a man finally met his death there Monday (12.15.08) after being gunned down in the early morning hours.
This time the club was named Club Hush and was hosting nearly 600 people for a release party for a new single by local hip-hop group Partners N Crime when gunfire rang out at 2:20 a.m.
A club security guard reportedly saw the shooter tuck a gun under his arm while trying to leave the club and tackled the perpetrator. Police confirmed the weapon believed used in the shooting was on the perpetrator when they took him into custody.
This time the club was named Club Hush and was hosting nearly 600 people for a release party for a new single by local hip-hop group Partners N Crime when gunfire rang out at 2:20 a.m.
Dead was Herbert Broussard, 27. A 18-year-old girl, believed to be a bystander, was shot in the stomach and rushed to the hospital.
A club security guard reportedly saw the shooter tuck a gun under his arm while trying to leave the club and tackled the perpetrator. Police confirmed the weapon believed used in the shooting was on the perpetrator when they took him into custody.
Charged with 1st-degree murder and attempted 1st-degree murder was Narkee Hunter of Gretna, who turned 20 just 10 days earlier. He is being held in OPP without bond.
When the nightclub was known as Club Dream early this year, it was a nightmare for police:
- Shortly after the NBA All-Star game concluded in February there was a shooting just before 1 a.m. in which at least 3 patrons of the club were wounded.
The NOPD was exceptionally tight-lipped about the incident, apparently not wanting to "further the city's brand" after Mayor Nagin promised those attending the dribble derby that the city was safe.
The victims were believed to be 2 women, both 24, one from New Orleans, who was struck in both legs, and one from Galveston, who was struck in one leg, and a 18-year-old man from Florida who was struck in "one or both" calves, according to the NOPD's "detailed" report.
The shooter or shooters were never caught.
The shooter or shooters were never caught.
- Back in January, a beer bottle fight in the club sent an early-morning patron there to the hospital.
According to the police report, the victim was a black man who was trying to break up a fight between a friend and a stranger who tried to hit his friend with a beer bottle, but hit the victim instead.
The attacker, described as a black male, 20 to 25 years of age, 6'04", weighing approximately 200 pounds, was never caught.
- Near the club in August, on the corner of Decatur and Bienville streets, neighbors watched in horror as a gunman pumped 7 or 8 shots into someone he had a beef with around 3:30 a.m.
The neighborhood really went ballistic when the NOPD initially sa
id it was going to charge the alleged shooter with aggravated battery rather than attempted murder. Police arrested Nathaniel Payton, 26, who has a string of drug arrests going back to the turn of the century.
id it was going to charge the alleged shooter with aggravated battery rather than attempted murder. Police arrested Nathaniel Payton, 26, who has a string of drug arrests going back to the turn of the century.They did eventually charge him with attempted 2nd-degree murder, but he's been running the streets on a mere $75,000 bond which he easily posted a day after being arrested.
According to the police report, the rapist forced her to perform oral sex on him, then raped her vaginally.
Bringing up the rear: In a number of robberies in the last few days, it seems like all of the victims were approached from behind by black dudes moonlighting as robbers: No description was given of the rapist, so he's still running around in the wee morning hours.
- Saturday (12.13.08), 9:30 p.m.: A white woman walking near the intersection of St. Louis and Dauphine streets was approached from the rear by a robber who grabbed her purse from her left hand and wrested it from her grasp. He fled on foot on Dauphine to Conti Street where he turned toward N. Rampart Street.
He was described at 5'8" tall, weighing 130 pounds, dark complexion, wearing a black hoodie.
- Sunday (12.14.08), 1:30 a.m.: A 46-year-old black man walking near the intersection of Bourbon and Dumaine streets was approached from the rear by a gun-toting robber who demanded his money. He turned over his wallet and cellphone and the robber fled.
The perp is described as 35 to 40, 5'10" tall, weighing 230 pounds, and wearing all black clothing.
- Tuesday (12.16.08), 10:55 p.m.: A white couple, walking in the 600 block of Ursulines St. (between Royal and Chartres streets) avoided being robbed by an armed would-be robber when they took off running toward Decatur Street.
Their assailant was described at 5'10" tall, weighing 160 pounds, wearing a dark jacket and blue jeans.
- Wednesday (12.17.08), 2:27 a.m.: A 36-year-old white man walking in the 800 block of Royal Street (between Dumaine and St. Ann streets) was approached from the rear by a robber who pulled a gun and demanded his money and cellphone. The victim surrender his goods and the thief fled up Royal toward Dumaine.
The robber is described as 6' tall, weighing 180 pounds, wearing a dark-colored jacket, blue jeans, and a dark bandanna.
'Teflon Teen' slips away again: Marshan Bowden, 18, continues to elude ju
stice, slipping away this time when the DA refused to prosecute him for robbery.The NOPD arrested Bowden, then 17, on 7.15.08 as one of the alleged gangsters wanted in a series of robberies by a gang of young black boys in the French Quarter.
Bowden, who has successfully escaped justice in the past, was already out after making a measly $15,000 bond.
It's not known if he was armed when apprehended, but police arrested him 6.15.08 for carrying a concealed weapon.
Bowden is a familiar player in the street gang scene. He was arrested by 8th District detectives in fall 2007 as the ringleader of a gang of 5 or 6 young black boys, as young as 11 years old, who were terrorizing the Marigny Triangle.
Guess not: Police thought they had arrested the guy who caused such a stiHe was due to appear Monday (12.15.08) before a magistrate in Criminal District Court for a "show cause" hearing. But the "old" DA had already let him go just before Halloween.
Bowden, who has successfully escaped justice in the past, was already out after making a measly $15,000 bond.
Bowden was charged for robbing a young white guy 7.8.08 in which he was allegedly one of 5 black thugs who chased down the victim and took his wallet at 10:55 p.m. in the 1100 block of Dauphine Street near Ursulines Street.
The victim picked Bowden out of a photo line up and positively identified him as one of his assailants. Bowden is 6' tall and weighs 160 pounds. His last known address was on Frenchmen Street, across St. Claude Avenue.
It's not known if he was armed when apprehended, but police arrested him 6.15.08 for carrying a concealed weapon.
(That charge was later reduced to disturbing the peace, to which he pled nolo contendre and got a 20-day sentence from Criminal District Court Judge Ben Willard, with credit for time served.)
Bowden is a familiar player in the street gang scene. He was arrested by 8th District detectives in fall 2007 as the ringleader of a gang of 5 or 6 young black boys, as young as 11 years old, who were terrorizing the Marigny Triangle.
The DA refused to prosecute him on charges of 1st-degree robbery and simple robbery, setting him free to strike again.
r because his victim left such a prominent trail of blood around the Lower Quarter, but the DA on Friday (12.12.08) said no, refusing to prosecute Keith Sandridge.Sandridge, 39, had been arrested 10.9.08 and charged with aggravated 2nd-degree battery for allegedly stabbing a man in the arm 9.24.08 at Chartres and Barracks streets.
The victim who wandered around the Lower Quarter after the 4 a.m. assault, leaving a meandering trail of blood, was finally located by police at Bourbon and Barracks streets.
We stand corrected: John Smith--a long-time NOcrimeline hater who goes by the email moniker "bumble007@gmail.com" --
Since it sounds like he knows what he's talking about, we happily pass along his comments about our suggestion that police were writing up offenses as municipal cases to elude reporting them to the FBI. Smith writes:
"Wrong again. What court it goes to has nothing to do with the FBI reporting. A battery with a weapon and a battery without a weapon (where the victim receives a visible injury, such as a laceration), are all scored the same for FBI reporting. They are considered "assaults" and reported by the police to the FBI. They are also included in the UCR crime that is released."
So there.
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