Ex-con gunned down: Murders in the Central Business District are rare, but this morning (4.9.09) around 7 a.m., a 30-year-old felon who loved his weed (based on his numerous arrests for possession of marijuana over the years) was shot by someone who apparently knew him.
The victim of the shooting at S. Rampart and Gravier streets was ident
ified by family members as Torey Coleman (pictured).
ified by family members as Torey Coleman (pictured).The NOPD seems to have a good witness with knowledge of the incident, based on what Asst. Chief Marlon Defillo has revealed to the press.
According to Defillo, detectives believe he walked around the French Quarter all night before being summoned to cross Canal Street to the corner when Common Street Bar & Restaurant is. He said Coleman, dressed in a red T-shirt and St. Louis Cardinals ball cap and accompanied by a woman who was not identified, hung around the corner for a while before meeting up with a man Defillo described as "brown-skinned" (we're going to go with "black", just as Coleman was) and dressed in a burgundy-colored jacket, blue jeans and black-and-white tennis shoes.
Their discussion did not go well and Defillo said the man, pulled a pistol of undetermined calibre and fired a single bullet into the back of Coleman's head. The shooter fled on foot and 911 was called at 7:11 a.m. Coleman was dead when paramedics arrived on the scene. The victim and assailant knew each other, Defillo said, and that it was not a random shooting: Coleman was the intended target.
Their discussion did not go well and Defillo said the man, pulled a pistol of undetermined calibre and fired a single bullet into the back of Coleman's head. The shooter fled on foot and 911 was called at 7:11 a.m. Coleman was dead when paramedics arrived on the scene. The victim and assailant knew each other, Defillo said, and that it was not a random shooting: Coleman was the intended target.
Coleman had just appeared in court on Monday (4.6.09) for a hearing after he was arrested for skipping bail on a pending drug charge.
Then there are the armed robberies: What crime there had been in the last week or so, seemed among the crazy or the related. Then 2 armed robberies in 2 days formed a pattern that's disturbing:
- Yesterday morning (4.8.09), a white woman walking in the 800 block of Chartres Street (between St. Ann and Dumaine streets) at 5:55 a.m. was approached from behind by a black thug with a knife who grabbed her purse off her shoulder.
He fled on foot toward Esplanade Avenue. He was described as 33 to 39 years old, 5'9" tall, weighing 150 pounds, medium complexion, wearing a brown hoodie and blue jeans.
- This morning (4.9.09) a white woman walking in the 700 block of Bienville Street (between Royal and Bourbon streets) was similarly approached by a black man armed with a Swiss Army knife with a 2" to 3" blade who demanded her money.
The suspect is described as 25 to 35 years old, 5'8" tall, weighing 200 lbs., bald, medium complexion with black moles on his cheeks, wearing a bright orange and white polo shirt, hunter green work pants and white tennis shoes.
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As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome at NOcrimeline@gmail.comThom Kahler
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