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Man dies days after being sentenced for racist, post-Hurricane Katrina shooting in Algiers
Source: New Orleans Advocate
Man dies days after being sentenced for racist, post-Hurricane Katrina shooting in Algiers
BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | PUBLISHED FEB 27, 2019 AT 2:28 PM | UPDATED FEB 27, 2019 AT 3:22 PM
A white man who admitted shooting three black men in a racist attack in Algiers shortly after Hurricane Katrina died Feb. 19, less than a week after he was sentenced to spend 10 years in federal prison, officials said Wednesday.
Roland Bourgeois, 56, was in federal custody at the Plaquemines Parish jail when he was found unresponsive. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead after his relatives had a chance to see him, according to authorities.
The chief investigator for the Plaquemines Parish Coroner’s Office, Charles Guey, said there was no indication that Bourgeois died from anything other than natural causes. But his death remained unclassified and under investigation as of Wednesday, said Guey and Supervisory U.S. Marshal Walter Martin, whose office had paid the Plaquemines jail to house him.
Lt. Chaun Domingue of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, said Bourgeois arrived with “extensive, serious pre-existing medical conditions.” He said he couldn’t elaborate.
Bourgeois’ death marked an unusual end to a case that lasted nearly 14 years and included numerous delays over questions about his mental and physical fitness to stand trial.
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BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | PUBLISHED FEB 27, 2019 AT 2:28 PM | UPDATED FEB 27, 2019 AT 3:22 PM
A white man who admitted shooting three black men in a racist attack in Algiers shortly after Hurricane Katrina died Feb. 19, less than a week after he was sentenced to spend 10 years in federal prison, officials said Wednesday.
Roland Bourgeois, 56, was in federal custody at the Plaquemines Parish jail when he was found unresponsive. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead after his relatives had a chance to see him, according to authorities.
The chief investigator for the Plaquemines Parish Coroner’s Office, Charles Guey, said there was no indication that Bourgeois died from anything other than natural causes. But his death remained unclassified and under investigation as of Wednesday, said Guey and Supervisory U.S. Marshal Walter Martin, whose office had paid the Plaquemines jail to house him.
Lt. Chaun Domingue of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, said Bourgeois arrived with “extensive, serious pre-existing medical conditions.” He said he couldn’t elaborate.
Bourgeois’ death marked an unusual end to a case that lasted nearly 14 years and included numerous delays over questions about his mental and physical fitness to stand trial.
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Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_4fa1f4da-3ace-11e9-94b3-534535a682f7.html
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