Conflicting takes on the Ace Hotel killing
| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor CHECKED OUT: Conflicting accounts have emerged of the shooting death of an Ace Hotel parking valet by a visitor to the New Orleans hotel. Purported social media influencer Lavanzel Kerr, 37, says he was in his convertible with the top down when Alton Williams, 21, pistol-whipped him, demanded $100 and threatened to shoot him, so he shot the valet. Williams family says “Alton was … known by his friends, family and coworkers for being easygoing, extremely caring and a hard worker. He was not an aggressive person. “We believe that … an investigation will show that Alton’s death is the result of a serious crime.” CLOCKED OUT: One of the highest-paid officers on the New Orleans police payroll, Sgt. Todd Morrell, who raked in $192,900 last year, in part from questionable private security work while he was supposed to be on public duty, has retired. SPACED OUT: A Covington High School student who is accused of beating up a 64-year-old teacher, in an attack that police said may have been inspired by a TikTok social media challenge, has entered a plea in court: not guilty by reason of insanity. Thanks for starting your day with us. Check for the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. |
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| A 37-year-old man who shot and killed a valet outside New Orleans’ Ace Hotel spoke out for the first time Thursday, saying that he was in h… Read more |
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| A top-earning New Orleans Police Department sergeant who was recently caught racing cars on the West Bank or lounging at his house while clocked in for paid policework has retired. Read more |
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| A student accused of beating up a 64-year-old teacher at Covington High School in October in an attack that police said may have been inspired by a TikTok social media challenge pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday to two charges. Read more |
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