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Nelson Booker

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Aug 13, 2010

Victim Details

Nelson Booker

November 30, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2010-08-13

2010-08-13

42

Nelson

Booker

06/26/2026


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In the early morning hours of Friday, August 13, 2010, the life of 42-year-old Nelson Booker, an African American man, was tragically cut short in New Orleans, Louisiana. Around 5 a.m., police responded to reports of a shooting at the intersection of South Liberty and Terpsichore streets. Arriving at the scene, officers discovered Booker lying wounded between a stop sign and a light pole in front of a green shotgun-style house. He had been shot and was bleeding from his injuries.

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