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Joseph Simmons

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Jul 29, 2014

Victim Details

Joseph Simmons

December 20, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2014-07-29

2014-07-29

31

Joseph

Simmons

07/06/2026

1


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Joseph “Jenain” Simmons was a 37-year-old Black man from Laredo, Texas, whose life ended in a burst of violence far from home, on a stretch of Chester Street in Alexandria, Louisiana. What began as a single gunshot moment hardened into a case that would linger in the courts, reshaped by charging decisions and delays that stretched the wait for answers.

In September 2014, authorities charged Mark Russell Thomas, 33, of Alexandria with manslaughter in connection with Simmons’ shooting ...
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