Crime Maps for NOLA

[Blitzzzzz]

I posted this on the "Everything you'd want to know" Thread, but some of us hardly ever get past the Jazz Fest thread. This is valuable information with which to inform your adventures.
And lest I ruffle the Muff man once again, I would note the sizeable number of armed robberies in the Upper Quarter, particularly on Burgundy and Dauphine.
For a look at the crime statistics in and around the Quarter and Frenchmen St. go to:
http://tinyurl.com/6ab28r
This is the NOPD map for Police district #8. You can manipulate the search in various ways, type of offense, area of town, etc. If you scroll down, you see info on each offense. Treme (trip to the Fairgrounds) seems to be district #1.:cool:

[ozzie]

What's the difference between burglary, theft and robbery?

[Amy Winette]

Burglary involves the breaking and entering of a dwelling, robbery inclues threat of force, and theft is just plain stealing.

[stlbarb]

if you export it to excel and use 'filter' tool you can easily view differnt crimes. but i cant seem to zoom the map?

interesting the number of bicycle thefts v auto theft (assuming more cars than bikes in the city)

i think its impressive this info is available. STL tends to downplay the number of 'muggings' in tourist areas. so, i'm not sure these numbers are that different when compared to other urban areas. but then again we fight with Detroit for first in baseball, 2nd in crime, on a yearly basis.

be careful. plan ahead. no heroics. be more careful. have fun. and if on the off chance you become a statistic, smile and give them your stuff.

[Blitzzzzz]

What's the difference between burglary, theft and robbery?

You can find the details of the various crimes by scrolling down. It may say "theft, from auto," or theft, from store," etc.:cool:

if you export it to excel and use 'filter' tool you can easily view differnt crimes. but i cant seem to zoom the map?

i think its impressive this info is available. STL tends to downplay the number of 'muggings' in tourist areas. so, i'm not sure these numbers are that different when compared to other urban areas. but then again we fight with Detroit for first in baseball, 2nd in crime, on a yearly basis.

be careful. plan ahead. no heroics. be more careful. have fun. and if on the off chance you become a statistic, smile and give them your stuff.

I don't think you can zoom the map, but if you filter the offense, it gets easier to read and you don't have to export to do that, just use the sort function below the map, but above the breakdown.

You had to bring up the baseball thing again, huh? I'd rather we didn't talk about that until we discover who kidnapped the Tigers and replaced them with the Pussycats.

Good advice. Nothing is worth getting hurt over.:cool:

[Blainn]

http://www.nocrimeline.com/

[Frosty]

Two things I'm doing. One, keep the cell phone with NOPD number handy on one touch dial. If your walking in an area off the beaten path, stay in the middle of the street away from doorways and alleys and carry your phone in your hand or even to your ear.

Two, carry an extra wallet with several singles and maybe a $5. Add a few fake credit cards from mail offers and a few old pictures. They get the money they want and you get to keep your cards and license, etc.

Same goes for traveling in Europe where pick pockets are abundant.

[Maggalicious]

Thanks for posting this. I was curious. Interesting how the rampart/esplanade area is less crime than the other side of the quarter. Makes me feel a bit safer about being on Rampart.

[Blitzzzzz]

Thanks for posting this. I was curious. Interesting how the rampart/esplanade area is less crime than the other side of the quarter. Makes me feel a bit safer about being on Rampart.

As someone mentioned on the other thread, they go where the action is. You'll be fine during the daytime, and I wouldn't be afraid to walk down to Donna's or Mama Rosa's, but with kids I would probably cab elsewhere at night though Dumaine is pretty active and a good route down to the busy side if you do want to walk.

And Frosty's take on the throwdown wallet is pretty right on. I've carried one, but I always had a hard time trying to figure out where to put the real one.:cool:

[glinda]

http://www.nocrimeline.com/
Looks like this info is provided by a retired journalist who maintains the site, NOT by the city or the NOPD.

Scary, all these armed robberies right in the area where we we stay. Shame.

Good tips, Frosty. I may just do the extra little wallet idea. And carry little cash or in a separate place, like a pocket rather than in my purse.

[chrisjoseph]

don't have time to look at this right now, but this does show the time of day that each of these crimes occurred?

[glinda]

Thanks for posting this. I was curious. Interesting how the rampart/esplanade area is less crime than the other side of the quarter. Makes me feel a bit safer about being on Rampart.
Well this map just doesn't show the crimes on the other side of Rampart, doesn't mean they're not there - it's a different district.

[glinda]

don't have time to look at this right now, but this does show the time of day that each of these crimes occurred?
The map doesn't, but the website Blainn posted does. Many between 12-2 am, but at various times.

[Muffaletta Diver]

I posted this on the "Everything you'd want to know" Thread, but some of us hardly ever get past the Jazz Fest thread. This is valuable information with which to inform your adventures.
And lest I ruffle the Muff man once again, I would note the sizeable number of armed robberies in the Upper Quarter, particularly on Burgundy and Dauphine.
For a look at the crime statistics in and around the Quarter and Frenchmen St. go to:
http://tinyurl.com/6ab28r
This is the NOPD map for Police district #8. You can manipulate the search in various ways, type of offense, area of town, etc. If you scroll down, you see info on each offense. Treme (trip to the Fairgrounds) seems to be district #1.:cool:

Blitzzzzz...not sure if you are referring to me in the "ruffle" section but I take personal safety while in NOLA very seriously. I have had my own encounters that could have ended up on this map if they had turned out differently. Everyone needs to be very aware of his/her surroundings whether a first-time or hundredth-time visitor, even while in broad daylight. I get the heebee-geebies every time I am in the Canal St side of the qtr as that is where my mellow has been harshed on more than one occasion.

[Blitzzzzz]

http://www.nocrimeline.com/

Thanks for posting this, Blainn. It certainly is eye opening!:cool:

[Frosty]

As far as a second wallet, I don't carry one. I carry some cash, my ID, an ATM card and credit card in my back pocket.

[Blitzzzzz]

Blitzzzzz...not sure if you are referring to me in the "ruffle" section but I take personal safety while in NOLA very seriously. I have had my own encounters that could have ended up on this map if they had turned out differently. Everyone needs to be very aware of his/her surroundings whether a first-time or hundredth-time visitor, even while in broad daylight. I get the heebee-geebies every time I am in the Canal St side of the qtr as that is where my mellow has been harshed on more than one occasion.

Muff, just a little tease referencing your comments on the biking thread. I'm not a parent, but I do take this stuff seriously, on foot, or wheel! Sorry to hear you have first hand experiences.
Glad to hear we're on the same page!:cool:

[Muffaletta Diver]

Muff, just a little tease referencing your comments on the biking thread. I'm not a parent, but I do take this stuff seriously, on foot, or wheel! Sorry to hear you have first hand experiences.
Glad to hear we're on the same page!:cool:

Ahh, yes, I gotcha now. I WAS funnin' on all the reports of watch for potholes, uneven streets, crazy drivers, etc. But as far as the routes to take and personal safety that is "need to know" for any bikers.

[FestNut]

Clean out your wallet/purse. You don't need all that stuff! Take your driver's license, medical card and only one or two credit cards. If you're renting a car, take a photocopy of your insurance card. Don't take extra things you don't want to lose.

As a rule of thumb: Make two copies (front and back) of everything you are taking with you (DL/insurance cards/passport/credit cards/travelers' check numbers, etc.).

Leave one copy back home with a relative, trusted friend or coworker (someone you can readily contact), so that if your personal items are lost or stolen, someone will have the information to cancel and/or report it for you if necessary.

Take the other copy with you and keep it safe and separate from the originals so you'll have a head start if you have a problem -- in case your wallet/purse goes missing, you will have a copy of the things that were in it. Make sure the numbers to call for reporting lost credit cards are clear on your photocopy.

Then notify the following to place a fraud alert on your name and social security number to help prevent ID theft:

Equifax: 1-800-525-6285
Experian (TWR): 1-888-397-3742
Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289
Social Security Fraud Line: 1-800-269-0271

File a police report. If you're flying to NOLA, you will need the police report and that copy of your license or passport to help you get on the plane home. The police report will also prove to your credit providers and the airlines that you were diligent.

More info on protecting your cards is available from the ftc.gov website: http://tinyurl.com/2pd6xk

Use travelers' checks, but only if you are one who can remember to write each one down and keep your check register in a separate place from the checks (you don't want to cancel the ones you've already used). Scatter your cash around: in the hotel safe and on your person -- don't carry it all on you in one place at one time.

Take a regular sheet of paper and (using the Sharpie you'll carry everywhere) print your name, an address (office or PO box) and cell or work phone number on it. Take a picture of this info with EACH roll of film or camera disk you use. If you lose your camera, maybe an honest person will find it and contact you. If your picture processor has a mix-up, the person who gets your pictures (and the processor) will have a starting point to locate you and reunite you with your photos.

Hopefully, the numbers on this sheet will never need to be used!

One more little thing: watch the weather for your connecting flight's airport. Lining the inside of your suitcase with a large trash bag will keep the elements from your clothing on the tarmac during flight transfers -- there's almost nothing worse than a soaking wet bundle of vacation clothes!

[mdfest]

good tips

Festnut- email me please brian AT mris DOT com. Got a question.

[sophisticated sissy]

Thanks for posting this. I was curious. Interesting how the rampart/esplanade area is less crime than the other side of the quarter. Makes me feel a bit safer about being on Rampart.


The perps/thugs/criminals will go where the action is, i.e., potential victims. You can be the victim of a crime in a nano second. And that is true anywhere, not just in New Orleans. We have to be aware, but we can't allow our vigilance to spoil the day.

Bottom line: Not everything that happens is under our control.

[BigDag]

Funny, I've visited New Orleans a couple of hundred times over the past twenty years, and I've only run into trouble twice, and it was the same night! New Year's Eve after K, 2005. Somebody tried to pick my pocket, two different times, about an hour apart. I stopped him both times; I'm pretty sure it was the same guy. But the crowd was so thick, I wasn't able to really get a good look, or to hold onto him. I may have been slightly slurged, but when someone sticks his hand into my hip pocket, I sure will notice it.

[mdfest]

Bourbon actually doenst have a lot of balloons.

[sophisticated sissy]

There is no "L" in Bourbon.

[McGregor]

They caught a 14 year old kid who had stuck up people 3 times in the Quarter
recently

14 years old? WTF?

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/14yearold_arrested_in_connecti.html

[sophisticated sissy]

Jesse James rides again?

Johnny Too Bad?

[Blitzzzzz]

Bumpin' for visibility. I think the number of armed robberies in the Quarter is more than a little alarming, and good cause for all of us to rethink how we move about during our visit to the city,:cool:

[mightyradgumbo]

Being a frequent train rider I find a technique that seems to work is mumbling incoherently to myself....gets the criminal element to think about my level of derangement

Just like any other city, be smart and travel in groups if possible, don't carry obscene amounts of cash, avoid areas that you wouldn't walk in at home, etc. NOLA seems to be still going through some regrowing pains but with a concerted effort, it will hopefully even out and then drop.

[swag]

Being a frequent train rider I find a technique that seems to work is mumbling incoherently to myself....gets the criminal element to think about my level of derangement



So that explains your diction whenever we talk! You're afraid I'm going to rob you!

And I thought you were just drunk... ;)

[pokerchick66]

Same goes for traveling in Europe where pick pockets are abundant.

"You've got to pick a pocket or twooo . . . "

[pokerchick66]

Take a regular sheet of paper and (using the Sharpie you'll carry everywhere) print your name, an address (office or PO box) and cell or work phone number on it. Take a picture of this info with EACH roll of film or camera disk you use. If you lose your camera, maybe an honest person will find it and contact you. If your picture processor has a mix-up, the person who gets your pictures (and the processor) will have a starting point to locate you and reunite you with your photos.




Love the camera idea! :)

[Festnfreida]

Bumpin' for visibility. I think the number of armed robberies in the Quarter is more than a little alarming, and good cause for all of us to rethink how we move about during our visit to the city,:cool:

Been worried about that for quite some time. Still am. Especially with the cane & the limp. I had been subscribed to NO Crimeline emails even before I jumped on here. That's why I ordered those personal alarms. Now I have one that is sooooo loud, if someone does rob me at gunpoint, it will prolly freak'em into pulling the trigger.

One thing I've noted in the NO Crimeline emails is that a significant number of robberies have occurred during the daylight hours. Another is that it's not just all tourists. That guy started those emails to inform fellow residents of the Qtrs for their safety. Not quite sure how helpful being informed is. In some respects, I think ignorance is bliss.

[mightyradgumbo]

So that explains your diction whenever we talk! You're afraid I'm going to rob you!

And I thought you were just drunk... ;)

Prolly was haha...TFF Swagman

[Blitzzzzz]

Prolly was haha...TFF Swagman

Got a chuckle out of that one, too!:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

I live in the MArigny and my wife and I travel the quarter and Marigny all the time both together and alone. Don't get me wrong, its a city...there is crime. But there has always been crime. We are just better informed these days. Do not let it worry you just be aware of your surroundings and hop a cab if you are inebriated. As far as daylight....I wonder about this info sometimes. I have heard that certain things happend places that I was located and I never saw them happen...

[Zydekitten]

In all the years I've been coming here for Jazzfest and even now after moving here - the only time I was afraid for my safety in New Orleans was on Frenchmen St. at about 3-ish in the afternoon on a weekday.

It's absolutely wise to be smart, alert (as we need more lerts ;)), aware and as safe as you can . . . but at a certain point, unless you become a paranoid hermit with no life, there's only so much energy one can devote and things you can do to prevent/avoid possible danger.

I'm with Muff and Marigny Slim - be careful, but also enjoy the city and your time here. :)

[ohio]

"You've got to pick a pocket or twooo . . . " "Robin Hood was far too good
He had to pick-a-pocket or twooooo"

[MarignySlim72]

Oh and NEVER leave your credit card at the bar. I keep doing that! LUckily the bar tenders know me and the next night I just go bar to bar til one of the bartenders gives it back to me! LOL! I guess maybe it might be the sign I have a small problem! LMAO!

[stlbarb]

Love the camera idea! :)

tape a return address label to your camera. we use disposables and write our name & phone number on them. when Jim's car was brokend into, his stuff was returned by the guy who found it in his car after it was stolen - anyway the guy saw the phone number and called.
i believe most people will return items if they know who to return them to.

[pokerchick66]

"Robin Hood was far too good
He had to pick-a-pocket or twooooo"

"Robin Hood, what a crook!
Gave away, what he took.
Charity's fine, subscribe to mine.
Get out and pick-a-pocket or two"

[sfnola]

So I just sorted by 4/27/07 to 5/6/07, last year's Jazzfest dates. Surprisingly lower than I would've expected. For "Robbery", likely the main concern for most moving about the city on foot, there were a total of 5 during Jazzfest 2007.

Shockingly encouraging.

[Blitzzzzz]

I live in the MArigny and my wife and I travel the quarter and Marigny all the time both together and alone. Don't get me wrong, its a city...there is crime. But there has always been crime. We are just better informed these days. Do not let it worry you just be aware of your surroundings and hop a cab if you are inebriated. As far as daylight....I wonder about this info sometimes. I have heard that certain things happend places that I was located and I never saw them happen...

Slim, are you really suggesting that someone is making these up? I doubt that the Quarter resident that shot at his mugger was imagining things, especially since he clearly described the perp dropping his "very big" gun on the sidewalk.
We all know the mantra, be alert, aware, etc., but some of these robberies have a familiar ring similiar to those that were happening in early '06, around the time Helen Hill was shot, in the Frenchmen St. area. Since they have happened in the last month or so, in an area usually relatively crimefree, I think more than just the usual dose of caution may be in order.:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

Just saying that two have shown up or been reported on Crimeline/map in the last few months AT my home address while I was home on the stoop and I have yet to see them. The guy who shot at the dude who was robbing him in the quarter (and missed...wonder where the bullets went?) did happen. What I am mainly sayin is that if they had posted every crime report back in the seventies NOBODY would have come to the quarter.

The Helen Hill Murder was a tragedy but it wasnt really "in" the Frenchmen area as it was over by St. Claude. I have been living here awhile and honestly am much more safe feeling since the storm than say back when I was visiting in the early nineties.

[Blitzzzzz]

So I just sorted by 4/27/07 to 5/6/07, last year's Jazzfest dates. Surprisingly lower than I would've expected. For "Robbery", likely the main concern for most moving about the city on foot, there were a total of 5 during Jazzfest 2007.

Shockingly encouraging.

You're right, that is encouraging. A bit more sorting also reveals that last year in the 7 weeks before Jazzfest there were 16 robberies in District #8, this year there were 25 so far. I don't mean to sound like Chicken Little, but I think it bears noting where a lot of these have occured.:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

But I also think you need to realize that reports are reports. people that live, work and play here everyday have a little better gauge on what is happening....?? Possibly?

[stlbarb]

You're right, that is encouraging. A bit more sorting also reveals that last year in the 7 weeks before Jazzfest there were 16 robberies in District #8, this year there were 25 so far. I don't mean to sound like Chicken Little, but I think it bears noting where a lot of these have occured.:cool:

just another sign that NOLA is recovering and folks are moving back.
so its possible the % of crime per resident has gone down.

[Blitzzzzz]

But I also think you need to realize that reports are reports. people that live, work and play here everyday have a little better gauge on what is happening....?? Possibly?

Or rosier NOLA goggles!:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

Correct up by like 80 to 100k folks since last year I think....Now murders..yeh we still got an irrational amount of those. Usually one drug dealer killing another. Don't hang out with drug dealers!

[Blitzzzzz]

just another sign that NOLA is recovering and folks are moving back.
so its possible the % of crime per resident has gone down.

Or more entrepreneurs are getting into the business? I don't know about you, but I take no comfort in the fact that there have been 50% more armed robberies in the Quarter since last year in an area traditionally shielded from crime.:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

Dude, if it worries you so much go to Disneyland...I mean really! I don't mean to be rude but this is my home. I am protective of it and I am realistic also...We have crime. So does every other city. I just get sick of the alarmists trying to scare folks off.

[Zydekitten]

Or rosier NOLA goggles!:cool:
Blitzzzzz, with all due respect . . . I don't think any of us who live here have any sort of rosy view of the crime here. Unless you're a nitwit or a Pollyanna-ish fool, you think about it every day you go out; ride your bike; park your car, and/or walk somewhere in New Orleans. However, that doesn't mean we're paranoid agoraphobes - if so, why would any of us live here or visit here year after year?

Other than offer sound and sage advice about being safe - what is to be gained from belaboring crime and safety issues?

[Blitzzzzz]

Dude, if it worries you so much go to Disneyland...I mean really! I don't mean to be rude but this is my home. I am protective of it and I am realistic also...We have crime. So does every other city. I just get sick of the alarmists trying to scare folks off.

Dude! I'm planning on spending 9 days in New Orleans, starting a week from Sunday, staying in the Quarter, with all the attendant Festing, clubbing, eating and drinking that goes along with it. I'll spend a fair amount of time biking about the city, and like most of us on this board, I'll be out late. This will be my 15th Fest and I have plenty of friends who live or have lived in the city. I knew Helen Hill and I know her friends.
I have no idea how long you have lived there, no does it really matter. You can call me an alarmist if you like but when I see this kind of change in the dynamic of street crime, I'll sound the alarm. You can whistle past the graveyard if you want, but I don't want any of my friends paying a permanent visit.:cool:

[MarignySlim72]

Thanks ZK! You are much more eloquent and diplomatic than I!

[MarignySlim72]

And what I am saying is I LIVE here. I am out late every night. I see the city all the time. All I know is that my personal experience does not support the data. Is the data wrong? Well nocrimeline is not an official Police site. But more likely is that until recently you were just unaware of the crime that was happening. It was 2004 I believe when a well known New Orleans Artist/Character was killed walking back home from Fest. But now we have alerts of every crime that is reported so people that were unfamiliar with the crime that was happening before think it is something new. I mean Stay out of Central City, Claiborne Ave at night, NO East and the Lower 9th. If you are in the quarter stay around crowds. If you feel uncomfortable call a cab. These rules have always been in effect here. Nothings changed. Oh and make sure to buy me a drink if you see a drunk skinny guy on Frenchmen.

[MarignySlim72]

Enough...think what you want to think. Hopefully you will come and be proved wrong. (My luck you will get mugged or something to prove you were right! LOL)

[ohio]

"Robin Hood, what a crook!
Gave away, what he took.
Charity's fine, subscribe to mine.
Get out and pick-a-pocket or two"
"Please Sir, can I have some more?"

[pokerchick66]

"Please Sir, can I have some more?"

"Foood, glorious fooood!"

[Zydekitten]

"Foood, glorious fooood!"
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/03/03/arts/wild_184.jpg

[ohio]

My li'l nephew calls olives 'olivers'...

[pokerchick66]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/03/03/arts/wild_184.jpg

I LOVE THAT GUY! lol, I had a crush on him when I was a kid. :p

"Consider yourself . . . at home!
Consider yourself . . . part of the family."

[Jada]

Being a frequent train rider I find a technique that seems to work is mumbling incoherently to myself....gets the criminal element to think about my level of derangement

But it doesn't sh*t for ya when you need a beer at DBA ;)

[rosetree]

But it doesn't sh*t for ya when you need a beer at DBA ;)

He just points to his shirt!;)

[Frosty]

The crime info is good to know. I, too, am shocked at the consistant number of armed robberies in the Quarter. I know there were a series of them in February or March from one perp and this most recent series from another perp but felt they were more isolated occurances. But, it seems they are relatively consistant over any given time period. In effect, chances are if you spend a weekend in the Quarter, there is likely to be an armed robbery nearby. I only wish that having this knowledge, NOPD would be more active in patrolling the area. Cops on bikes or motorcycles can cover a lot of ground quickly and respond quickly. Also, emergency phones could be placed throughout the Quarter as they are on college campuses.

In addition, the recent Razzoo case brings about another concern. 10 minutes to respond to a brawl in the heart of the FQ is simply inexcusable. If the criminals know this, they are emboldened!

[Muffaletta Diver]

I just spent four days in NOLA (Sun-Weds) and I have NEVER seen so many police out at the same time. They were sitting in cruisers, standing on corners, walking around, everywhere. I expected that at FQF, but even the days after they were still there. It was reassuring to see that presence.

[linza22]

I just spent four days in NOLA (Sun-Weds) and I have NEVER seen so many police out at the same time. They were sitting in cruisers, standing on corners, walking around, everywhere. I expected that at FQF, but even the days after they were still there. It was reassuring to see that presence.


good news, indeed.

[Frosty]

I just spent four days in NOLA (Sun-Weds) and I have NEVER seen so many police out at the same time. They were sitting in cruisers, standing on corners, walking around, everywhere. I expected that at FQF, but even the days after they were still there. It was reassuring to see that presence.

Sounds like they have responded to the recent robberies. Good news!!!

[Cleophus]

I don't think I ever saw an NOPD officer on a bicycle until last weekend. It seems like a bike would be a great way to patrol the Quarter.

[Festnfreida]

I just spent four days in NOLA (Sun-Weds) and I have NEVER seen so many police out at the same time. They were sitting in cruisers, standing on corners, walking around, everywhere. I expected that at FQF, but even the days after they were still there. It was reassuring to see that presence.


And it was reassuring to read that post. Thanks. :)

[Blitzzzzz]

This thread grew out of one about Rampart St. on the "Everything you need to Know" forum. Apparently the resident alarmist, I thought I'd re-post this piece of good news that BigDag posted over there. Thanks, BigDag. Consistent with Muff's comments, looks like they paid off.:cool:

And the criminals get younger all of the time.

From today's Times-Picayune:

14-year-old arrested in three French Quarter stick-ups
by Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune Thursday April 17, 2008, 8:13 AM

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with three recent armed robberies in the French Quarter, according to the New Orleans Police Department's 8th District.

During the robberies, five people were held at gunpoint while their cash or wallets were stolen.

Because the boy is a juvenile, his name was not made public. No information was released about where or when the boy was arrested.

"There have been young criminals before, but I haven't seen anything like this in recent memory," said 8th district commander Maj. Edwin Hosli, whose officers patrol the Faubourg Marigny, Central Business District and French Quarter.

Police suspect the boy committed the first armed robbery on April 8, then committed two more stick-ups on April 11, 20 minutes apart.

According to two women who were held up on April 8, two males approached them around 2:05 a.m. while they were walking in the 900 block of St. Philip Street. One of the males pulled a gun and demanded money. The women handed over their purses and cash, and the gunman ran toward the river.

Then on April 11, a man walking in the 900 block of Chartres Street at 12:05 a.m. noticed a male walking in front of him. That male turned around, pulled a gun and demanded money. After the victim turned over his money, the gunman ran down Chartres toward Esplanade Avenue.

At 12:25 a.m., two men told police a they were walking in the 1100 block of Bourbon Street when an unknown male pulled a gun on them and demanded money. He picked up their wallets after the victims dropped them and "fled in an unknown direction," they said.

[sophisticated sissy]

Stay outta Chicago. They had 20 shootings in 12 hours yesterday.:confused: What kind of crazy stat is that?

[McGregor]

unreal, sad

where is this bar exactly?
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/man_shot_to_death_then_crashes.html

[Orleansnj]

Maybe you'll recognize it by the pictures - but it's near Tulane and Loyola Universities

http://friartucksbar.com/index.html