VIOLENCE. >> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS ON WDSU . MORGAN: RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A MAJOR UPDATE FROM NOPD ABOUT THE DEADLY SHOOTING INSIDE A BUSINESS ON BOURBON STREET. THE DEPARTMENT HAS ARRESTED DAPHYNE JACKSON. IF Y TOUAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP, IT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE TTHA DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 700 BLOCK OF BOURBON STREET, WHICH IS BETWEEN ORLEANS AND ST. PETER, JUST AFTER 2:00 A..M VIDEO FROM THE SCENE SHOWS INVESTIGATORS STANDING OUTSIDE THE CATS MEOW, ALTHOUGH POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED EXACTLY WHERE THE DEADLY SHOOTING HAPPENED. WE DO KNOW THAT A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST, AND DIED AT ETH SCENE. AGAIN, CHARGES HAVE NOW BEEN FILED. STICK WITH US HERE AT WDSU AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS DEVELOPING STORY I
‘A renaissance man’: Bourbon Street mourns bartender killed by stray bullet
Friend: ‘He was doing a job, and something like this happened.’
A Bourbon Street bartender died early Sunday after a stray bullet hit him in the chest, New Orleans police confirm to WDSU.Spenser Hudson, 46, was tending bar at the Cat’s Meow karaoke bar just after 2 a.m. Sunday when the bullet flew in from the street and hit him in the chest. He died at the scene.”This man was just working,” a longtime friend and former bartender said. “He was just working. He was doing a job, and something like his happened.”Friends say Hudson was planning a trip to Japan, where he hoped to teach English to students.”Talk about a renaissance man,” the friend added. “He was just a very special person who definitely didn’t deserve what happened to him.”Police took in the suspected shooter, 24-year-old Daphney Jackson, at the scene. She was booked for manslaughter, obstruction of justice and illegal use of weapons.
NEW ORLEANS —
A Bourbon Street bartender died early Sunday after a stray bullet hit him in the chest, New Orleans police confirm to WDSU.
Spenser Hudson, 46, was tending bar at the Cat’s Meow karaoke bar just after 2 a.m. Sunday when the bullet flew in from the street and hit him in the chest. He died at the scene.
“This man was just working,” a longtime friend and former bartender said. “He was just working. He was doing a job, and something like his happened.”
Friends say Hudson was planning a trip to Japan, where he hoped to teach English to students.
“Talk about a renaissance man,” the friend added. “He was just a very special person who definitely didn’t deserve what happened to him.”
Police took in the suspected shooter, 24-year-old Daphney Jackson, at the scene. She was booked for manslaughter, obstruction of justice and illegal use of weapons.
