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Robert Carter

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Jan 11, 2017

Victim Details

Robert Carter III

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2017-01-11

17

Robert

Carter

07/20/2026

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In the streets of New Orleans, a story of violence and retribution unfolded, leaving a trail of grief and unanswered questions. It was on January 11, 2017, that 17-year-old Robert Carter, an African American male, met a violent end. He was not just another teenager; he was a young man entangled in the city's unforgiving cycle of street justice, a suspect in a grim double murder case. On that fateful Wednesday, Robert was on his way to court, a passenger in a car with his mother, heading for a he ...
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  • NOLA.com: 17-year-old shot in head, killed in Lower 9th Ward identified by New Orleans coroner
  • NOLA.com: Man shot in head, killed in Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans police say
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