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Garelle Smith

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Aug 13, 2011

Victim Details

Garelle Smith

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2011-08-13

2011-08-13

29

Garelle

Smith

No

06/30/2026

1


Area Body Found:

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In the late summer of 2011, the violent life of Garelle Smith, a 29-year-old Black male, came to an equally violent end. On Saturday, August 13, 2011, he was found dead on Hamburg Street in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Smith had been shot multiple times, with gunshot wounds to his head and chest. His death, like the many he was accused of causing, became another unsolved homicide in the city. The New Orleans Police Department offered little comment on the case, and inform ...
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