New Orleans, Louisiana



From the New Orleans Times-Picayune of February 6, 2005

Armed robbery target kills gunman, cops say Teen dies, brother booked in stickup



A teenager wielding a handgun was shot and killed late Friday near Tulane University by a man he was trying to rob, New Orleans police said, marking the second time in four days that a would-be criminal was killed in the act.



Police think the teen who was shot Friday, Micah Adams, 17, and his brother Darius Adams, 19, both of the 3300 block of Behrman Highway in Algiers, were responsible for a series of recent stickups in the University section of town.



Darius Adams was arrested shortly after the shooting, and police found a car idling nearby that they think was the brothers' intended getaway vehicle, police spokesman Capt. Marlon Defillo said.



Darius Adams has been booked with attempted armed robbery, but Defillo said he likely will face additional charges, possibly including murder, since he is accused of helping to commit a felony that resulted in a death.



The robbery attempt occurred in the 7400 block of Zimpel Street on Friday just before 11 p.m. The target of the robbery, a 34-year-old man whom police declined to identify, was leaving work and walking to his car when Micah Adams approached him with a handgun drawn, Defillo said.



The man produced his own weapon and fired at Adams, who was shot multiple times in the torso. Adams tried to flee but collapsed nearby. Emergency medical technicians pronounced him dead at the scene.