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Linwood Pooler

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Aug 07, 2014

Victim Details

Linwood Pooler

December 20, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2014-08-07

2014-08-07

29

Linwood

Pooler

06/29/2026


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In the late evening hours of a Thursday in New Orleans, the life of Linwood Kenneth Pooler, Jr., a 29-year-old male, was abruptly ended by gun violence. On August 7, 2014, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Pooler was in the Hollygrove neighborhood when he was shot. The incident occurred near the intersection of Heaton and General Ogden streets. When emergency services arrived at the scene, he was pronounced dead.

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