Trial opens in New Orleans East killing of woman 8-months pregnant

A 2019 drive-by shooting that left a woman and her unborn baby dead in New Orleans East followed more than a year of conflict between her boyfriend and the men accused of killing her, prosecutors told a jury in court Wednesday.

Zachery “Ziggy” Holmes, 36, is being tried this week on charges of second-degree murder and feticide tied to the killing of Tychelle Ridgley, 28, and her nearly full-term fetus.

Prosecutors also are trying Holmes on a slate of other charges over separate shootings leading up to Ridgley’s killing on Aug. 18, 2019 in the 4700 block of Viola Street…

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