Posted on 12/08/2016 3:15:21 PM PST by BBell
A 32-year-old Metairie man was shot in the abdomen and elbow after he used his car to pin an armed stranger against a wall at a River Ridge car wash, according to a recently released Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office incident report.
The shooting occurred just after midnight Nov. 27, as the victim was trying to vacuum the inside of his vehicle.
A deputy responding to reports of gunfire found an empty Pontiac Grand Am at the car wash, in the 10200 block of Jefferson Highway, less than 500 feet from the campus of John Curtis Christian School.
The car had damage that appeared to be from gunshots along with heavy front-end damage. Officers also spotted several spent casings near two of the carwash bays, according to the incident report.
Shortly after, around 12:20 a.m., deputies learned a man with gunshot wounds had arrived at a local hospital via private vehicle.
The victim told deputies that he had been cleaning the inside of his car when he noticed a man approaching with a gun. Already in the driver's seat, the victim drove toward the armed man and hit him, pinning the man against a brick wall at the car wash.
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He vacuums with the engine running?
I would not recommend vacuuming your car at 12:30 in the morning on that part of Jefferson Highway.
Vacumes with the engine running at midnight. Then the guy he pinned against a brick wall shoots him in the abdomen while he is in the drivers seat, backing up. Right....
Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
Vacuuming after midnight, that's just Crazy.
And his girlfriend just happened to be there in a seperate car.
Great song!
It is unclear to me from the narrative just who constitutes the “victim” in this event. The guy who got pinned had a gun. It does not say that he threatened anyone. The other character on seeing the gun attacked the one with the gun and got shot for his trouble. The fellow with the holes in his body did not call police.
Good summation.
The story stinks.
Drug buy, gone bad.
In that neighborhood at that hour, yes.
"The victim described the suspected shooter as age 20 to 30, about six feet tall, about 200 pounds and clad in all black, including a black bandana."
Hmm. Something seems to be missing from the description.
I agree.
Maybe “all black” was code.
So, it was a tall Amish girl....
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