An Orleans Parish jury acquitted a Xavier University student over a vehicle collision on Fat Tuesday last year that killed Kerry “Fatman” Hunter, a Grammy-winning drummer, as he walked across North Claiborne Avenue in the 7th Ward.
The six-member jury deliberated for less than an hour before reaching a not guilty verdict about 1 p.m. in the case against 23-year-old Jeremy Lindsey.
Lindsey was 21 and a senior guard on the Xavier basketball team when he plowed into Hunter, 53, near the onramp to Interstate 10 at North Claiborne Avenue and Pauger Street just after midnight on Feb. 13, 2024…