Incident

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4-15-2016 Louisiana Gretna 1-1

Location

April 15, 2016

Incident Address

Gretna, Louisiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Charles Smith Jr.
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Kenneth Lyons
Age: 25
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Drug involvement
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

man attempts to rob drug dealer during transaction; gun jams; dealer shoots vic instead; fatal GSW to the head;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/04/teen_killed_in_gretna_drug_dea.html#incart_river_index

URL: https://www.nola.com/news/article_877e65c3-70a8-525f-82af-5f26baaedfb7.html

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 7
State House District: 85