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After violent few days, New Orleans residents plea for peace

After violent few days, New Orleans residents plea for peace
AND BREAKING NSEW TONIGHT. WHAT STARTED AS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TURNED VIOLENT IN MID CITY AND ELDERLY WOMAN WAS CARA JACK SHE WAS DRAGGED FOR AT LEAST A BLOCK BEFORE SHE DIED WDSU THAT SHE O’CONNOR HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE SHEA. WHAT’S THE LATEST? NOW IN OPD ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIT SUATION. THEY TELL ME THAT THE VICTIM WAS ACTUALLY 73 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS HERE INSIDE OF HER CAR ALONG A NORTH SCOTT STREET WHEN SHE WAS CARJACKED THAT WOULD ALL HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON NEIGHBORS SAY THE WOMANAS W STILL IN A SEATBELT WHEN SUSPECTS GOT AYWA WITH HER VEHICLE. THEY DRUG HER FOR AT LEAST A BLOT BEFORE SHEAS W DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE HER ARMS SEVERED OFF. I JUST SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO SAW THE SITUATION. IT WAS UNFOLDING. HE SAYS THAT HE TRIED HIS BEST TO STOP WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE .SCREAMING AT HIM STOP STOP YOU DRAGGING SOMEONE IS ACCOMPLISHED WAS RUNNING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. I WAS RUNNING TOWARDS THE VEHICLE TRYINGO T GET THIS PERSON TO STOP STILL DRAGGING WITH RECKLESS DISABANDMENT. NO CARE FOR HUMAN BEINGS AT ALL. IT WAS INSANE. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS TRAUMATIC. I JUST DON’T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. NOW THE FOUR SUSPECTS WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH HER VEHICLE A GRAY NISSAN KICKS, AND' ’M TOLD THAT THE NOPD WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO TO LOCATE A VEHICLE THAT THEYHI TNK MAY HAVE BEEN THAT CAR IN QUESTION. WE’RE JUST GOING TO PITCH IT OVER TO WDSU’S REPORTER HARRISON GOLDENOR F THE LATEST ON THAT. AND SHEA POLICE FOUND THAT NISSAN KICKS JUST WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OR SO AND HERE’S A LOOK ATT I THAT SCENE STILL REMAINS ACTIVE AS OFFICERS INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING ON, BUT AGAIN MOMENTS AGO, THEY JUST CONFIRMED HERE AT THE CORNER OF DOMAIN AND NORTH DUPREE IS WHERE THEY FOU TNDHIS CAR, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM WHERE THAT CARJACKING HAPPENED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. NO WORD ON ANY ARRESTS IN THIS CASE YET, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW RIGHT NOW THE HOMICIDE TIED TO THIS IS JUST THE CITY’S LATEST OVER THE PTAS FEW DAYS. WE’VE MET PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG HOPING FOR THE VERY SAME. THING PEACE THIS IS MY BACKYARD. THIS IS LITERALLY MY BACKYARD. SHOWCASING’S STILL DOT ANGELD. ELECTROPONIER’S BLOCK REMINDER OF THE THREE PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED FEET FMRO WHERE SHE SLEPT OVERNIGHT THIS. NOPD VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLEF O INTEREST FLEEING THE SNE ACE LOT OF REASONS TO BE CONCERNED. A LOT TRAPONIA DIDN’T WANT US TO SHOW HER FACE AS NEIGHBORS FEAR. WHAT COULD COME NEXT? I’M THINKING MAYBE SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN. NO HAPPEN. SURPRISE OF ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IT’S BEEN MULTIEPL SHOOTINGS AND THE FRUSTRATIONS DON’T STOP THERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER A DEADLY FEW DAYS CITY WIDE OVER ON BOURBON STREET AT 2. AM SUNYDA LONG TIME CATS MEOW BARTENDER SPENCER HUDSON DIED BEHIND THE COUERNT A STRAY BULLET FROM OUTSIDE FLEW IN WHILE HE WAS WORKING. HIT HIM IN THE CHEST, BUT CLEARLY OUR WAY TOO MANY GUNS ON BOURBON STREET. BOB SIMS LEADS THE FRENCH QUARTER TASK FORCE THEIV CILIAN GROUP RUNS OFF DUTY PATROLS IN THE QUARTER WITH THE GOAL OF FREEINGP U WORKLOADS FOR ON-DUTY OFFICERS. HE HOPES NEW VEHICLES AND TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP THAT MISSION. HE SAYS IT WILL TAKE A TEAM EFFORT. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE. NOT JUST A FRENCH QUARTER. WE HAVE TO KPEE THE CITY SAFE AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ONE MAN’S IDEA OF HELP MEANS BEING THERE FOR THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND. I’M HURT. I CRY TILL I’M DEHYDRATED, BUT I FEEL BAD WHEN OUR CRIES ARE RELEASED EVER SINCE L MEN’S LOST HIS FATHER TO HOMICIDE DECADES AGO. HE’S BEEN GOING TO ALL THE VIGILS HE CAN. THIS IS MY THIS MY CRUSADE. THIS IS MY MY FIGHT. THIS IS MY MISSION. WE MET HIM OVER THE WEEKEND IN CENTRAL CITY AT A BALLOON RELEASE FOR BYRON KELLY A 13 YEAR OLD KILLED LTAS WEEK WHILE WALKING HOME MIM SAYS UNTIL THE VIOLENCE ENDS. HOPE HOPE THAT HOPE HOPE THAT THE LAST TIME. I’M TIRED. BU NOW FROM THOSE SHOOTINGS TO THE CARJACKING THIS AFTERNOON HERE POLICE ASK ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS THAT NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW 50422-8 1111 ONE MORE TIME FOR YOU FIVE ZERO FOUR EIGHT TWO TWO ELEVEN ELEVEN FOR CRIME STOPPERS TIPS ARE ANONYMOUS. WE ARE REPORTING LIV
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After violent few days, New Orleans residents plea for peace
Shell casings still dot Angela Trepagnier's block, between Harrison Avenue and Encampment Street in New Orleans' St. Bernard neighborhood.Trepagnier looked down at the casings, each a reminder of the three people killed just feet from where she slept overnight."This is my backyard," she told WDSU. "This is literally my backyard."The shooting happened at around 3 a.m. in an apartment building feet from Trepagnier's fence. Police are still seeking the shooter or shooters involved. Trepagnier, who has lived on the block for nine years and has noticed more crimes near her home lately, fears what could come next."I'm thinking something needs to happen," she said. "Something needs to happen."The frustrations don't stop there, not after a deadly few days in New Orleans. At 2 a.m. Sunday in the French Quarter, a stray bullet killed longtime Cat's Meow bartender Spencer Hudson while he was working."There clearly are too many guns on Bourbon Street," said Bob Simms. He runs the French Quarter Task Force, a civilian group that operates off-duty patrols in the Quarter with the goal of freeing up workloads of on-duty officers.Simms hopes new vehicles and technology will help that mission. But he says safety will take a team effort."We have to keep the city safe. Not just the French Quarter, we have to keep the city safe. Obviously what we can do to help is what we have to do."One man's idea of help is being there for the families left behind. Al Mims Jr.'s father was murdered years ago. And ever since, this son has been attending all the vigils he can."I'm hurt, and I cry until I'm dehydrated," Mims said Saturday at a balloon release for 13-year-old Byron Kelly, killed last week while walking home in Central City. "This is my crusade. This is my fight. This is my mission."Mims says until the violence ends, his mission will not."I hope, I hope this will be the last time," he said. "I'm tired, but I hope."

Shell casings still dot Angela Trepagnier's block, between Harrison Avenue and Encampment Street in New Orleans' St. Bernard neighborhood.

Trepagnier looked down at the casings, each a reminder of the three people killed just feet from where she slept overnight.

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"This is my backyard," she told WDSU. "This is literally my backyard."

The shooting happened at around 3 a.m. in an apartment building feet from Trepagnier's fence. Police are still seeking the shooter or shooters involved. Trepagnier, who has lived on the block for nine years and has noticed more crimes near her home lately, fears what could come next.

"I'm thinking something needs to happen," she said. "Something needs to happen."

The frustrations don't stop there, not after a deadly few days in New Orleans. At 2 a.m. Sunday in the French Quarter, a stray bullet killed longtime Cat's Meow bartender Spencer Hudson while he was working.

"There clearly are too many guns on Bourbon Street," said Bob Simms. He runs the French Quarter Task Force, a civilian group that operates off-duty patrols in the Quarter with the goal of freeing up workloads of on-duty officers.

Simms hopes new vehicles and technology will help that mission. But he says safety will take a team effort.

"We have to keep the city safe. Not just the French Quarter, we have to keep the city safe. Obviously what we can do to help is what we have to do."

One man's idea of help is being there for the families left behind. Al Mims Jr.'s father was murdered years ago. And ever since, this son has been attending all the vigils he can.

"I'm hurt, and I cry until I'm dehydrated," Mims said Saturday at a balloon release for 13-year-old Byron Kelly, killed last week while walking home in Central City. "This is my crusade. This is my fight. This is my mission."

Mims says until the violence ends, his mission will not.

"I hope, I hope this will be the last time," he said. "I'm tired, but I hope."