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Myrtis Bickham

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Oct 27, 2003

Victim Details

Myrtis M.B. Bickham

Male

New-orleans

LA

2003-10-27

76

Myrtis

Bickham

07/11/2026

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Myrtis “M.B.” Bickham was a 76-year-old man from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose life ended violently on the night of October 27, 2003, when gunfire found him outside a home on Ursuline Street.

Investigators described the shooting as an ambush: shortly after 9:00 p.m., rifle fire erupted outside 2324 Ursuline Street, striking Bickham and Roosevelt Brown Jr., a relative who was with him. Reports of the scene said Bickham suffered wounds to his head and torso and was pronounced dead ther ...
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