I was leaving for a bike ride this afternoon and saw the Popo roped off Newton street. Being a looky-loo, I peddled up to see what was going down.
Before I go further, I want to say I am going to describe this situation by what I saw and what the neighbors said. If a news story ever emerges from this incident, I will compare and contrast the two.
Now…
I saw the street roped off and a number of uniformed and non-uniformed Popo hanging about. On a sidewalk by what we call “the Monopoly houses” there were several crimson red rags and towels along with a bowl of water.
A small crowd of neighbors were gathered around.
I peddled off and ran into a neighbor who said a lady stabbed “her old man” and he died from his wounds. She said they were out there fighting for a while before the murder.
That’s all I know about what happened and haven’t seen or heard anything since. If what DNN (Donna News Network) said was true then it sounds like the story should make the news. Let’s see if the stories match up.
As an aside, there were two French tourists who came walking up while we were outside and asked what happened. We had no choice but to tell them that we heard someone was murdered. It is strange to me because we never see tourists on our block. And then the moment we do there is a murder on the next block.
Anyway, stay tuned…
UPDATE!
WWL get’s it almost exactly the same as DNN!
Man stabbed to death in Algiers
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the stabbing death of a man in Algiers, NOPD spokeswoman, Officer Shereese Harper said.
WWLTV.com
Wednesday evening, around 6 p.m., a 38-year-old man was stabbed in the 1000 block of Newton Street, police said.
Fourth District officers found a man stabbed and lying on the sidewalk when they responded to a call, police said.
EMTs took the unidentified man to hospital where he later died.
Investigators believe that the man was involved in an altercation with his female acquaintance at the time he was stabbed, but added that no charges have been filed and the incident remains under investigation.
Update 2:
The Times-Picayune adds a photo…
Man stabbed to death in Algiers domestic incident
They also ask the same question we were all wondering. Did he get stabbed in the house and wander out onto the sidewalk or get stabbed and die on the sidewalk?
Update 3:
Nola.com has the following headline up on their main page…
Algiers fatal stabbing victim identified
But as you can see the link goes nowhere. Guess the interns and temps are tired today.
Update 4:
After linking to a blank page for an hour, Nola.com’s link was updated and now times out.
Meanwhile, we have a call in to Donna to see if she knows anything else.
Update 5:
WDSU reports the same as the Times-Pic, WWL and Donna…
Man Stabbed To Death In New Orleans
Police Say Victim Was Fighting With Woman
Update 6:
So it appears that the stories were basically all the same. So now if we could just get more Donnas with computers, we wouldn’t need to rely on the rest. They didn’t give us anymore info than what was gathered by just riding up on the scene and finding a neighbor. And mind you Donna was milling about the scene for about an hour. There’s no telling what more info she may have.
Donna for Mayor..she tells it like it is.