NEW ORLEANS, La.—A young man described as a “transient” by local officials in New Orleans, and reportedly with a former address in Saline County, Illinois, is being termed the city’s “second murder victim of 2014.”
While details are scant, what we do know is that local reports indicate Henry “Hank” Collins III, 21, of Carrier Mills, was shot in the chest while in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans on January 9 at around 6:40 a.m., and died a short time later at Interim LSU Public Hospital.
Authorities were able to determine Collins’ identity and that he had reported addresses in both the states of Mississippi and Illinois, specifically, Carrier Mills on the latter.
We have a call in to local authorities in New Orleans and will bring that to you when they return the calls, with material either here at the site or in the next print edition, on stands next week (Tuesday/Wednesday) or here at the e-Edition Monday night.
You can read more about the local report here.
Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department examine a pickup truck with a bullet hole in the driver’s side door at the scene of the shooting death of Henry Collins Jr. on the 2000 block of Pauger Street on Jan. 9, 2014. (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) utilized here under Fair Use Act