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2 children, their mother identified as victims in Gentilly triple homicide
Jonathan Bullington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jonathan Bullington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on March 10, 2017 at 12:45 PM, updated March 10, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Two young brothers and their mother have been identified as the three people killed inside a Gentilly house Friday (March 10). Relatives and friends disclosed the relationships, and the Orleans Parish coroner's office identified the dead as Monique Smith, 30, Jumyrin Smith, 6, and Justin Simms, 10.
Friends said Monique Smith's minor daughter was the surviving gunshot victim. Police said she was in serious condition at a hospital.
Smith and her sons were found shot to death inside a brick house in the 4200 block of Touro Street (map) when officers investigating reports of gunshots arrived shortly after 4 a.m., authorities said The coroner's office said each of the dead victims sustained one or more gunshot wounds.
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About 9 a.m., a coroner's office van backed up near the home's front steps. Officers and detectives formed a human wall to block the view of body bags, three of them, being carried from the home in intervals of about 20 minutes.
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A longtime resident, who did not want her named used, said the family who lived in the house moved in a year or two ago. She said she used to see a man, woman and two children in the yard a lot, cooking out and playing with their two dogs. She said the younger boy was about 7 or 8 years old, the other one 12.
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"It's sad," said one neighbor who didn't want his name used. "The family seemed like they were real peaceful. The children seemed happy. But it's just New Orleans. You never know."
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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/03/children_among_dead_in_gentill.html
Jonathan Bullington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jonathan Bullington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on March 10, 2017 at 12:45 PM, updated March 10, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Two young brothers and their mother have been identified as the three people killed inside a Gentilly house Friday (March 10). Relatives and friends disclosed the relationships, and the Orleans Parish coroner's office identified the dead as Monique Smith, 30, Jumyrin Smith, 6, and Justin Simms, 10.
Friends said Monique Smith's minor daughter was the surviving gunshot victim. Police said she was in serious condition at a hospital.
Smith and her sons were found shot to death inside a brick house in the 4200 block of Touro Street (map) when officers investigating reports of gunshots arrived shortly after 4 a.m., authorities said The coroner's office said each of the dead victims sustained one or more gunshot wounds.
[...]
About 9 a.m., a coroner's office van backed up near the home's front steps. Officers and detectives formed a human wall to block the view of body bags, three of them, being carried from the home in intervals of about 20 minutes.
[...]
A longtime resident, who did not want her named used, said the family who lived in the house moved in a year or two ago. She said she used to see a man, woman and two children in the yard a lot, cooking out and playing with their two dogs. She said the younger boy was about 7 or 8 years old, the other one 12.
[...]
"It's sad," said one neighbor who didn't want his name used. "The family seemed like they were real peaceful. The children seemed happy. But it's just New Orleans. You never know."
cont. at the link
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/03/children_among_dead_in_gentill.html
