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Wynston Jackson

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Jan 31, 2017

Victim Details

Wynston Jackson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2017-01-31

2017-01-31

19

Wynston

Jackson

Yes

07/08/2026

1


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On the evening of January 31, 2017, a high school basketball game in New Orleans became the backdrop for a fatal burst of violence that claimed the life of a male, Wynston Jackson, also known as 'Ghost,' and another man, Lawrence Williams, IV. The two had just left the Edna Karr High School game and were sitting in a car parked in front of the school when they were ambushed. A group of men approached their vehicle armed with two rifles and a handgun and fired a barrage of bullets into the car. J ...
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