Bunny Friend Park shooting suspect arrested on word of single witness, documents show
Joseph "Moe" Allen, the first suspect named in connection with the mass shooting that wounded 17 people at Bunny Friend Park, was arrested on the word of a single eyewitness, according to court documents obtained Monday (Nov. 30).
Allen, 32, was arrested Saturday and booked with 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder. New Orleans police said Allen was the first of several suspected gunmen identified from two rival gangs who opened fire on each other despite hundreds of people gathered in the park around 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 22. Authorities said the large crowd had gathered for an unauthorized music video shoot in the park in the 1900 block of Gallier Street.
An arrest warrant affidavit sworn by NOPD Detective Chad Cockerham offered few new details about New Orleans' biggest mass shooting since the Mother's Day parade attack in 2013. But it illustrates the slim level of cooperation police investigators initially were receiving from eyewitnesses in the Upper 9th Ward park. Though a crowd of at least 300 people was believed to be present, Allen's arrest was pinned in the documents to a lone witness who came forward.
"Detective Cockerham located a witness to this incident who supplied the detective with a name and a nickname of one of the many shooters that were involved in this mass shooting," the warrant request said. "During the photographic lineup process, the witness positively identified Mr. Joseph "Moe" Allen as the subject that was observed walking into Bunny Friend Playground and firing a semi-automatic handgun into the crowd, which resulted in 17 people being injured."
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3 comments:
Not a word from the gun-grabbing democrats or the BLM idiots, about this "mass shooting".
None of them seem to care. Why aren't they "protesting" in the streets demanding the perpetrators be brought to "Justice"?
Because they're black.
If the victims were white, not only would this story have been almost immediately buried, but they'd be "protesting" and demanding the black shooters be set free. Because Justice, ya know. Because racism. Because institutional racism. Because poverty. Because more excuses.
Because too many blacks care more about the opportunity to get away with attacking whites, than about preventing themselves from becoming victims of other blacks.
"Dear Shaikh Asalam-u-Alaikum One of my brother in Islam has name Mohammad but he only pronounce Mo and people call him only by Mo Many of the people Muslims, Non Muslims working with him doesn't know that his real name is Mohammad Every one call him with Mo Only What does sharia say about this? Is it ok for my Brother to change his name from Mohammad to Mo and for others to pronounce only Mo Asalam-u-Alaikum?"
The charge should be one of attempted murder for each of the rounds he let loose, not the number of people he hit.
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