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06.25, 6AM: Victor Russell
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A 48-year-old New Orleans man fell victim to a murderer in the Lower 9th Ward this morning, a spokesman for the New Orleans coroner's office said.
Victor Russell appears to have died from gunshot wounds, said John Gagliano, the coroner's chief investigator. Someone found Russell dead in the 6300 block of North Rampart Street and alerted the police, Gagliano said.
The New Orleans Police Department has not been reached for comment, but media reports indicate that there are no suspects in the murder.
Media reports also indicated that someone coming home from work found Russell dead inside his home.
Court records show Russell dabbled in the world of drugs.
He pled guilty to a 1989 possession of crack and received a one-year hard labor prison sentence in 1990.
Six years after receiving his first prison sentence, Russell received seven years of hard labor in prison after pleading guilty to a possession of crack charge stemming from a 1995 arrest.
In 2004, Russell pled guilty to a possession of cocaine charge, receiving a two-year prison sentence. A judge suspended it and placed him on active probation, court records show.
He was off probation by May 2007, court records show, but police arrested him once more in June 2007, booking him with a possession of crack charge in June 2007.
At the time authorities believe he was murdered, Russell was facing the charge stemming from that arrest in court.
-The Times-Picayune
A 48-year-old New Orleans man fell victim to a murderer in the Lower 9th Ward this morning, a spokesman for the New Orleans coroner's office said.
Victor Russell appears to have died from gunshot wounds, said John Gagliano, the coroner's chief investigator. Someone found Russell dead in the 6300 block of North Rampart Street and alerted the police, Gagliano said.
The New Orleans Police Department has not been reached for comment, but media reports indicate that there are no suspects in the murder.
Media reports also indicated that someone coming home from work found Russell dead inside his home.
Court records show Russell dabbled in the world of drugs.
He pled guilty to a 1989 possession of crack and received a one-year hard labor prison sentence in 1990.
Six years after receiving his first prison sentence, Russell received seven years of hard labor in prison after pleading guilty to a possession of crack charge stemming from a 1995 arrest.
In 2004, Russell pled guilty to a possession of cocaine charge, receiving a two-year prison sentence. A judge suspended it and placed him on active probation, court records show.
He was off probation by May 2007, court records show, but police arrested him once more in June 2007, booking him with a possession of crack charge in June 2007.
At the time authorities believe he was murdered, Russell was facing the charge stemming from that arrest in court.
-The Times-Picayune
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