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Ivan Wheeler

Case from Gretna, LA dated Oct 11, 2020

Victim Details

Ivan Wheeler

Male

Black / African American

Gretna

LA

2020-10-11

16

Ivan

Wheeler

07/16/2026

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In the fall of 2020, a violent encounter in a mall parking lot tragically cut short the life of 16-year-old Ivan Wheeler. The male teenager was fatally shot on October 11, 2020, outside the Oakwood Center in Terrytown, a suburb of Gretna, Louisiana. The incident, which also left a 29-year-old man critically injured, unfolded after a planned meeting escalated into a violent fight that concluded with gunfire.

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  • NOLA.com: 16-year-old boy identified as victim killed in shooting outside Oakwood Center mall
  • NOLA.com: 2 arrested, booked with murder in deadly double shooting outside Oakwood Center mall: JPSO
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