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Joseph Smith

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Jan 01, 2017

Victim Details

Joseph Smith

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2017-01-01

40

Joseph

Smith

07/14/2026

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On New Year's Day of 2017, the life of 40-year-old Joseph Smith, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in New Orleans. The incident unfolded in the afternoon, around 2:22 p.m., in the 3800 block of D'Hemecourt Street. First District officers who were responding to a call of gunshots in the area discovered Smith's body in the front yard of a residence. He was unresponsive and had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene, m ...
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  • Man, 40, killed on D’Hemecourt Street in New Year’s Day shooting – Mid-City Messenger
  • NOLA.com: Mid-City killing is New Orleans' first homicide of 2017: NOPD
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