A Marrero man who had been in critical condition for six days after he was shot during an argument succumbed to his injuries on Friday (April 5), according to the Jefferson Parish coroner’s office.
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Martin Hatten, 50, died of a gunshot wound to the head, said Mark Bone, chief death investigator for the coroner’s office.
Hatten is the second victim to die at the hands of Alonzo Ford, 43, accused of shooting three men in three days during arguments in Marrero, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Lawrence Hensley, 55, died April 1, one day after detectives say Ford shot him at a Marrero carwash.
Detectives upgraded the charges against Ford who is now booked with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and obstruction of justice.
Ford is accused of first shooting Hatten and an unidentified 52-year-old man during a dispute in the 6200 block of Second Avenue in Marrero about 2:30 a.m. on March 30, according to the Sheriff’s Office. While Hatten was shot in the head, the other victim suffered minor injuries, authorities said.
Two days later, detectives say Ford was arguing with Hensley about 6:37 p.m. at a carwash in the 1200 block of Cohen Street when he shot Hensley in the head. Ford was arrested about four blocks away from the carwash, JPSO said.
The Sheriff’s Office declined to comment on the nature of the arguments that preceded the shootings. But Ford is no stranger to gunplay, according to his criminal record.
Ford has convictions for negligent homicide and two counts of attempted second-degree murder between 1994 and 1995, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
He was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary on May 25 after a court vacated an illegal life sentence he received in 1997 under the state’s old habitual offender laws for a third-strike conviction of possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, according to court records.
Bond for the new murder charge was set at $600,000 for a total bond of $1.47 million.
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