Man who fled Katrina shot dead in Tenn.

ap on Yahoo ^ | 9/23/05 | Bill Poovey - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Sheila Airline, left, and her son Don Maurice are shown in this undated family, in Kenner, La. Maurice has become the first known Katrina refugee murdered in a host community. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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Condolences to the family.

[ncountylee]

"Her son had left a Chattanooga nightclub"

RIP

Not the best use of Red Cross relief.

[DogBarkTree]

Bush's fault again

[BushisTheMan]

Her son had left a Chattanooga nightclub...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Dick Vomer]

Bush and Karl Rove tracked him down with a hit squad....right before they turned on the weather maching to make Rita get the remaining New Orleans residents that fled to Houston....and put the C4 charges in the remaining levees to drown anybody left in New Orleans!!!!!.... Oh my GAWD!!! the Humanity!!!

I say you better runaway and don't tell anybody that you're a poor person of color from New Orleans or that voted Democrat....the CIA (under George Bush) are out to get you.....AHAHHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/sarc

Get yer Mommas out of the way.... the calvary ain't coming.... for 5 days!!!

[aspiring.hillbilly]

The red cross's idiotic passing out these "no questions asked" debit cards is the height of foolishness and a gross waste of contributors money. They are being used to buy luxury goods like $200 shoes and handbags, and hordes of people are faking Katrina status and getting the cards. Now we got robbery and death...

Give them water, food and shelter, not wads of cash, the Salvation Army is a far better charity for contributions.

[mlc9852]

Thought the same thing.

[Shery]

He probably bragged about his recent acquisition and somebody decided it was too good to pass up...his new friends? Why go to a nightclub to find friends, anyway? Making a new start? Sad!

[anonymous_user]

... five gunshots to his head

For a robbery?

[ncountylee]

Job hunting? Wanted to be a pimp?

[badbass]

the Salvation Army is a far better charity for contributions

Man, you got that right! The Red Cross doesn't get a dime of my money after the 911 fiasco.

[Myrddin]

A bunch of people fleeing the hurricane arrived in another state. Local law enforcement had a list of their names. A substantial number of these people were felons. Many had outstanding warrants. They were welcomed, then the persons with outstanding warrants were arrested.

I suspect this case is a drug deal that went bad. Having a large sum of money on hand just enhanced the value of robbing the victim.

[lilylangtree]

Days before he was killed he had a debit card with several hundred dollars on it. Yet, day before he was killed, he's asking for additional financial assistance and replacement Red Cross and Social Security Cards. Then, hours before he's killed, he leaves a nightclub with 2 men and a woman. What is he doing in a nightclub when he was suppose to start a new job the next day? This fellow appeared to make a lot of bad decisions for himself.

[Myrddin]

Man, you got that right! The Red Cross doesn't get a dime of my money after the 911 fiasco.

I travel to the Washington, DC area fairly often. I generally stay at the Comfort Inn in the Tyson's Corner area. The breakfast bar is usually loaded with Red Cross "volunteers". Most are dressed with fancy Red Cross vests and ID cards. I suspect the Red Cross is paying for these people to stay in the hotel and is hosting some mass gathering on a regular basis. That is no way to manage donations intended to help people in a disaster. The Red Cross is a social organization masquerading as a disaster relief agency.

[One Proud Dad]

" first known Katrina refugee murdered in a host community"


How many people have been murdered at the hands of Katrina evacuees? Anyone keeping that stat?

[kenth]

Chattanooga or a cat five hurricane, I'd take my chances with the hurricane.

[uncbob]

And that is why they are in poverty

Get a few bucks and head for the booze joints

[uncbob]

Wilson said Airline told him he was supposed to start a job the next day.

Call me cynical but somwhow I don't belive this

[countrydummy]

I a sad! Prayers! PING!