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Charles Pettis

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Feb 15, 2018

Victim Details

Charles Pettis

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2018-02-15

50

Charles

Pettis

06/24/2026

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Charles Pettis, a 50-year-old Black man, was shot in the head in New Orleans’ Central City on the morning of February 15, 2018, and he did not survive the wound. The city around him was still shaking off the noise and exhaustion of Mardi Gras week, but in the early hours, the violence turned personal and final, leaving detectives to piece together what happened from the fragments that gunfire always leaves behind.

Police identified Pettis after he was wounded, and the investigation mov ...
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  • NOLA.com: 21 people shot in violent week for New Orleans metro area
  • NOLA.com: Man shot in the head in Central City: New Orleans police
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