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Adolph Grimes III
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Gender
Male
Age
22 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
01/01/2009
Location
1700 block Gov. Nicholls St. New Orleans LA 70116 Orleans
Cause of Death
Deadly force
Grimes was shot 14 times, with nine bullets hitting him in the back, during an early-morning encounter in the 6th Ward with plainclothes officers, which NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley termed a "gun battle." Seven of the nine officers at the scene fired their weapons at Grimes, a New Orleanian with no known criminal record who moved to Houston after Katrina; officers said Grimes fired at them first.
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Alleged Responsible Party
New Orleans Police Department
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National Anthem
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