Posted on 05/03/2014 11:38:08 AM PDT by BBell
A 15-year-old who survived being shot in the head last July by a Marigny homeowner was arrested Friday (May 2) in a residential burglary in the Marigny, according to two law enforcement officials. Marshall Coulter was shot last July by homeowner Merritt Landry, who later told police he believed the teen was breaking into his home.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the investigation.
They said Coulter was detained Friday afternoon by 8th District detectives after a resident in the 2000 block of Royal Street reported a burglary of their home. It was not immediately clear how police linked him to the crime.
New Orleans police spokesman Officer Frank Robertson III said officers detained a 15-year-old boy around 3:45 p.m. and booked him on a simple burglary charge. He said the investigation was ongoing and that no more information would be forthcoming. No court or jail records were available in the case.
The Coulter family could not immediately be reached. A former neighbor said they moved in recent months.
Coulter was left with serious injuries after the shooting, his family has said. Coulter was still undergoing surgeries, including the removal of part of his skull, in December, his mother told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune at the time. She said her son had trouble walking, talking and eating.
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I love New Orleans....its our country’s most unique city.
But Marginy is not my thing.
I can go back to west Jackson MS and do that gig you know what I mean
I prefer uptown or old metarie
It’s not covered in THIS article, but in this other article...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3152555/posts
it says the “kid” “...armed himself with the victims’ gun,...”.
This “innocent” little Trayvon wannabe is upping his game and it’s only a matter of time before he murders one or more people. He keeps getting the gentle, kid-glove treatment from prosecutors.
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