The Gun Counter

Monday, August 18, 2008
By Ramon Antonio Vargas
A 30-year-old man's Sunday morning decision to break into his estranged girlfriend's Metairie apartment and attack her turned out to be deadly, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Corey Paul died from two gunshots fired by Carol Beal, 26, a woman Paul had dated for less than a year, said a statement prepared by Sgt. Larry Dyess, a sheriff's spokesman.

Beal apparently fired in an effort to ward off both a home invasion and an attack; therefore, sheriff's investigators deemed the homicide "justifiable," and Beal was not arrested or charged....

When Paul "went after (her) in a threatening manner," she fired twice, hitting Paul both times, authorities said. One bullet entered his upper torso and he collapsed in the apartment.

Many residents said they didn't even hear the Sunday morning commotion and knew something was wrong only because of the crime scene technicians, coroner's investigators and sheriff's deputies working in the apartment block.

308Mike wrote:These people are real observant:

Many residents said they didn't even hear the Sunday morning commotion and knew something was wrong only because of the crime scene technicians, coroner's investigators and sheriff's deputies working in the apartment block.

No Neighborhood Watch going on in THAT complex!