You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
-Lurid Crime Tales-
New Orleans Prosecutor Kills Himself Just Days After Terror Attack Hits the City
2025-01-06
[GP] A prosecutor in New Orleans has taken his own life just days after the city was hit by a massive terror attack carried out by a homegrown Islamist radical.

As WVUE reported Sunday, Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting was discovered dead Saturday around 9 p.m. via suicide inside the offices of District Attorney Jason Williams’ staff according to authorities. His cause of death was an apparent gunshot wound to the head.

Police said emergency medical services arrived at 619 South White St., the DA’s office building, but Kersting was already deceased. He was just 34-years-old.

Williams’ office released the following statement:
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  The guy looks very unhealthy.
Posted by: JohnQC   2025-01-06 15:18  

#7  Is Granny Clampett on the case yet?
Posted by: Crusader   2025-01-06 13:52  

#6  What is wrong with his eyes? He looks like a stoner.
Posted by: Glager Bourbon2765   2025-01-06 13:41  

#5  ^ A bundle of enthusiasm, apparently
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-06 12:50  

#4  New Orleans assistant DA who specialized in sexual assault cases is found dead in his office

Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-06 10:00  

#3  WAITING FOR IT!
He was on the FBI's radar? ☺
Posted by: NN2N1   2025-01-06 05:12  

#2  What did he know?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2025-01-06 01:48  

#1  His cause of death was an apparent gunshot wound to the head.

Was the gun found?
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-06 01:28  

00:00