‘Mama, fall down on the floor’: Informant’s final words open New Orleans staged wrecks trial

Cornelius Garrison opened his mother’s front door on a warm fall night in 2020, expecting to greet a woman he’d been texting.

For a brief moment, there was silence.

Then a figure darkened the Gentilly stoop and shots rang out. Garrison, wearing a light blue shirt and jeans, dashed inside and the shooter followed, firing 10 rounds…

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