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Updated: Jul 28, 2012 1:32 PM EDT
Written by: Meg Gatto
... Three of them were discovered inside a home in the 1900 block of Old Prieur Street in the 7th Ward ..
All three were shot to death, and police didn't see any signs of forced entry into the home. "We do not see any evidence that the house was tampered or broken into," Serpas said ...
Around the same time police were responding to Old Prieur Street, 60-year-old Milton Womack was shot and killed in the 2700 block of Verbena Street, less than three miles from Old Prieur.
Chief Serpas says Womackwas shot, sitting in his vehicle. "An unknown vehicle comes behind him, essentially blocks him in, if you will, and then one person gets out of the vehicle and fires several times into the car or SUV," Serpas explained ...
http://www.fox8live.com/story/19135596/four-people-killed-in-friday-shootings-identified
Triple Murder in Seventh Ward: 4:15pm, 1900 block of Old Prieur Street. Upon arrival, officers found the three victims a 58-year-old woman, a 28-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man shot to death inside their home ...
Murder in Gentilly Terrace: 3:50pm, 2700 block of Verbena Street. Officers arrived on the scene and found the 60-year-old male victim in the drivers seat of a Dodge Caravan with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. The victim was pronounced by EMS. There were no witnesses ...
http://noladefender.com/content/cres34cent-c9ity-crime-bits-4
Victims of Friday's New Orleans homicides identified
Published: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 6:30 PM Updated: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 8:20 PM
The New Orleans coroner's office confirmed Saturday that the victims of a triple homicide Friday in the 7th Ward were a woman, her son and her daughter-in-law. The victims were identified as Consuela Lewis, 58; her son, Kevin Lewis, 26; and his wife, Lachandra Lewis, 28, said John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner's office. They were among seven people killed Friday in the metropolitan area: six in New Orleans and one in Marrero ... Officers found their bodies inside an apartment in the 1900 block of Old Prieur Street about 4:15 p.m. after responding to a report of "unknown trouble inside," according to a New Orleans Police Department press release ...
According to police, Womack was found shortly before 4 p.m. in the driver's seat of a red Dodge van. Police said he was shot when another motorist blocked him in, got out and opened fire. Witnesses reported seeing a red car fleeing the area. Detective Travis Ward is in charge of the investigation ...
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/07/victims_of_fridays_new_orleans.html