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Tiffany Thomas

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Jan 31, 2017

Victim Details

Tiffany Thomas

Female

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2017-01-31

25

Tiffany

Thomas

07/06/2026

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A late-night dispute over a movie's ending tragically concluded in the death of 25-year-old Tiffany Thomas in New Orleans. On January 31, 2017, Thomas, a certified nursing assistant and mother of two, was fatally shot in a double shooting that also wounded another woman. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the 7100 block of West Laverne Street in New Orleans East.

The senseless violence stemmed from a bet Thomas and her friend had with Leo Dorsey, then 27, about the conclusion of a ...
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  • NOLA.com: Women shot in Pines Village on Tuesday related to man charged in 2016 'ambush' killing
  • NOLA.com: Coroner identifies 25-year-old woman killed in Pines Village shooting Tuesday
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