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Matthew Spooner

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Jul 06, 2016

Victim Details

Matthew Spooner

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

New Orleans

LA

2016-07-06

2016-07-06

35

Matthew

Spooner

06/27/2026

1


Area Body Found:

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In the early hours of July 6, 2016, the life of Matthew Spooner, a 35-year-old Caucasian male from Picayune, Mississippi, was cut short in New Orleans. At approximately 1:12 a.m., officers from the New Orleans Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the 2100 block of North Miro Street. Upon arrival, they discovered Spooner unconscious, having sustained a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation into Spooner's death soon became intert ...
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