The good people at Nolaagainstcrime.com are reporting that last Sunday’s murder between N. Prieur and N. Johnson on Esplanade occurred when the victim, Chris Roberts, was at his apartment and saw someone (not sure how many) trying to steal his motorcycle, when he attempted to stop the theft, he was shot and killed.
The site says they have very little information about the homicide in the newspaper and the NOPD hasn’t released much either.
This is the only thing I found on Nola.com about it.
A guy that is looking for an apartment on a busy street in a residential area of the city gets killed while trying to prevent someone from stealing his motorcycle. Why would anyone want to keep folks from finding out about that?
I’m feeling like I’m living in the wild, wild west….and I only see it getting worse as the summer progresses. This is effin crazy!
Good to see someone else noticed. Write the author and complain about the article.
I’d go a step further than Clay and suggest letters to the editor; I think I’m on their frequent writer/crank list. I guess it’s only news if it’s drug related. Going back over a year, I read about the first Parasol’s robbery in the New York times before I read about it in the Times Picayune.
Anyone with ANY information–PLEASE contact the police or crimestoppers. Chris didn’t even make it out of his front door before they killed him. Our daughter is turning one in a week. She will never know her father because of this despicable act of violence and cowardice.