Two black men have been charged with the murder of a 66-year-old man who was installing a mailbox at his home.
According to detectives, one suspect admitted they wanted to kill a white person.
Detective in killing of Kenner handyman: Suspect said they wanted to 'kill white person' https://t.co/a59XHX2amZ
— WWL-TV (@WWLTV) May 9, 2023
Here’s more:
The two men arrested for the fatal shooting of Lawrence Herr in Kenner may have been motivated because he was white, a detective working the homicide said during a court hearing Tuesday.
On April 11, Kenner Police arrested 23-year-old Tahj Matthews and 25-year-old Maurice Holmes for the April 10 murder of Lawrence Herr.
Herr, 66, was shot and killed while installing a mailbox outside a home on Georgetown Drive in Kenner.
At the time of the killing, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said that one of the suspects confessed to the shooting but didn’t have a particular motive.
“One of the suspects did say they were on a random shooting binge and wanted to commit a murder, we think there may be ulterior motives and that’s what the detectives are investigating,” Chief Conley said.
Matthews and Holmes were in court Tuesday for a bond reduction hearing.
At Tuesday’s hearing, the lead detective on the case was asked why the pair targeted Herr. The detective said that under questioning, Matthews said they “wanted to kill a white person.”
In testimony, the detective revealed that Herr was shot one time. An autopsy revealed the bullet went through his back and out through his chest.
This happened a month ago and there’s been no outrage that I’ve seen. Where’s the national media coverage? The homeowner was shot in his back, all because these racists wanted to kill a white person and yet no one is in the street protesting. No one in Congress is decrying this man’s murder at the hands of black supremacists.
I guess it’s just another local crime story…