What were 2 events that happened in New Orleans after Michael Anderson gunned down five teenagers in 2006?”
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Louisiana man was convicted Wednesday of gunning down five teenagers in a grisly crime that prompted the governor to bring National Guard troops back to New Orleans to help curb violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Michael Anderson, 23, was found guilty of five counts of first-degree murder. The jury that convicted him will now decide whether he should face the death penalty. Prosecutors said Anderson shot the teens at an intersection, but police couldn’t pinpoint exactly what motivated the killings. Prosecutors relied on the testimony of three convicted felons who said Anderson admitted to the shootings in jail, and an eyewitness, Torrie Williams, who was at first reluctant to come forward because she said she didn’t want to be involved. Witnesses in New Orleans have often been reluctant to testify, fearing reprisals. Williams said she was on the street looking for her boyfriend June 17, 2006, when saw Anderson shoot the teenagers _ brothers Arsenio Hunter,
An Orleans Parish jury today convicted a defendant of gunning down five teenagers in 2006 in Central City. 23-year-old Michael Anderson faces the possibility of death by lethal injection after being found guilty in the first-degree murder case. The crime prompted the return of the National Guard to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and also led to the resignation of then-D.A. Eddie Jordan. Some city officials called on Jordan to step down, after his office initially dropped the charges in the case after Jordan said they could not locate the eyewitness. The NOPD announced the next day that they had located that key witness. Family members of the victims sat in the courtroom and cried as the verdict was read. The two-week trial involved extensive and heated testimony from both prosecution and defense witnesses. Anderson’s defense attorney cast prosecution witnesses as convicted felons who should not be believed. Prosecutors presented eyewitness testimony that placed Ande
An Orleans Parish jury today convicted a defendant of gunning down five teenagers in 2006 in Central City. 23-year-old Michael Anderson faces the possibility of death by lethal injection after being found guilty in the first-degree murder case. The crime prompted the return of the National Guard to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and also led to the resignation of then-D.A. Eddie Jordan. Some city officials called on Jordan to step down, after his office initially dropped the charges in the case after Jordan said they could not locate the eyewitness. The NOPD announced the next day that they had located that key witness.
