Off-Duty New Orleans Firefighter Killed in TN Shooting

    Aug. 27, 2017
    New Orleans firefighter Gregory Howard was an innocent bystander when he was shot at a charity basketball tournament.

    Source The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.

    New Orleans Fire Dept.
    New Orleans firefighter Gregory Howard was off-duty when he was shot and killed in Memphis.
    New Orleans firefighter Gregory Howard was off-duty when he was shot and killed in Memphis.

    A New Orleans firefighter was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning outside the Mynt nightclub, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said.

    Capt. Chris Harris said 37-year-old Gregory Howard was a bystander in the incident. Howard was in town for a basketball tournament for law enforcement and first responders.

    A group of people had confronted the club DJ with complaints about the music and was kicked out, Harris said. Outside, at least two shooters fired toward a crowd in the 4200 block of Hacks Cross between Winchester and Shelby Drive.

    No arrests had been made and the investigation was ongoing.

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