New Orleans, La. – It was complete chaos along Simon Bolivar Boulevard when bullets started flying from what seemed like every direction.
Gunmen shot and killed 5-year-old Briana Allen, along with a 33-year-old mother of three, Shawana Pearce. She was shot while driving a car when a stray bullet traveled more than a block.
Three others were shot, including an 8-year-old boy.
On that hot May afternoon last year, it was an act of thinkable violence that left even the Mayor wondering who could be responsible.
Just 24 hours after an intense manhunt began, 18-year-old Leo Riles turned himself in to police.
“In this case, we find another example of a beautiful child killed by someone who had no right to be on the streets,” says NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas.
It turned out, Riles has a criminal history that had him facing jail time just days before the Simon Bolivar shooting, but instead of being locked up, he was allowed to walk.
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