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September 18, 2005
Katrina Evacuee Shot Dead in St. Elmo
The Chattanooga Police Department is reporting that a 24-year-old New Orleans evacuee was fatally shot in the head last night on Guild Trail in St. Elmo.
"Police were informed by a passerby," a CPD release says, "that a body was lying on the side of the road in the 4500 block of Guild Trail around 7:45 am Saturday September 17, 2005. Upon police officers' arrival, they observed a male body lying face down with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head area.
"The victim is identified as Don Maurice Airline, 24, of New Orleans, La. No further information available at this time and the lead detective for this case will be Detective Ralph Freeman."
A little background: Guild Trail is a narrow road connecting Alabama Avenue to Ochs Highway, creeping up the Lookout Mountain edge of St. Elmo. It is a densely wooded area, less than a mile from the Southside Recreation Center, where about four dozen Katrina evacuees are still staying.
| By mesh | 02:58 PM
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