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Eric Whitaker

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Jan 15, 2022

Victim Details

Eric Whitaker

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2022-01-15

51

Eric

Whitaker

06/24/2026

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Eric Joseph Whitaker, 51, a Black man, died on January 15, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana, after a homicide unfolded at the intersection of Saint Roch Avenue and Benefit Street.

In the days after the killing, detectives worked to piece together what happened at that corner, pushing out early appeals as they tried to map the last movements of everyone connected to the scene. On January 19, 2022, the New Orleans Police Department publicly asked for help identifying and locating three peop ...
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  • https://www.fox8live.com: Four weekend shooting victims identified by Orleans Parish Coroner
  • wwltv.com: 2 dead in separate New Orleans shootings less than 30 minutes apart: NOPD
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