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Vinh Nguyen

Case from New-orleans, LA dated May 06, 2018

Victim Details

Vinh Nguyen

Male

Asian

New-orleans

LA

2018-05-06

40

Vinh

Nguyen

06/23/2026

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On a Sunday evening in May of 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a New Orleans East neighborhood. When the sounds of the shots faded, 40-year-old Vinh Nguyen, a male resident of the area, was left fatally wounded. The incident, which took place on May 6th in the 9500 block of Dinkins Street, was the tragic result of what authorities believe to have been a drug deal that turned violent.

Emergency services were called to the scene, but despite their efforts, Nguyen succumbed to ...
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  • NOLA.com: Fatal shooting in New Orleans East sparked by drug deal: warrant
  • NOLA.com: Coroner IDs man killed in fatal New Orleans East shooting
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