2 men killed in separate shootings in Algiers, Plum Orchard identified by New Orleans coroner

Two men killed in separate shootings over the weekend were identified Tuesday by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office as 21-year-old William Charles Jr. and 41-year-old Dennis Bickham III.

The New Orleans Police Department responded Friday at 3:15 a.m. to a shooting in Algiers in the 1500 block of Southlawn Boulevard, where Charles was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on scene.

The next day just before 2 p.m., police were called to a Plum Orchard shooting in the 4600 block of Wilson Avenue, where Bickham was found wounded and unresponsive in a residence. He was also pronounced dead at the scene…

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