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Harry Hughes

Case from Ponchatoula, LA dated Jul 04, 2021

Victim Details

Harry Hughes

Male

Black / African American

Ponchatoula

LA

2021-07-04

69

Harry

Hughes

06/25/2026

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In the early morning hours of July 4, 2021, the sounds of what neighbors mistook for holiday fireworks shattered the pre-dawn quiet on North 11th Street in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. It wasn't until later that morning that the tragic reality of those noises became horrifically clear. A family member discovered the lifeless body of 69-year-old Harry Hughes in his bed. The man, a male resident of the community, had been fatally wounded in what authorities have described as an apparent drive-by shooti ...
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  • WGNO: Drive-by shooting kills 69-year-old man inside Ponchatoula home
  • Obituary | Harry Eugene Hughes of Ponchatoula, Louisiana
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