Police arrested the 53-year-old man suspected in a shooting at a Bourbon Street daiquiri shop Friday afternoon (May 31).
Christopher Doty was booked in connection to aggravated second-degree battery, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in an alcohol beverage. Officers were seen handcuffing Doty near the corner of Bordeaux and Constance streets Saturday afternoon (June 1).
Police said Doty walked into Mango Mango Daiquiris in the 200 block of Bourbon Street and ordered a beer at the bar around 12:15 p.m. Friday. The woman at the bar noticed he was previously banned from the bar and asked him to leave. Doty started to argue with the woman until he pulled out a firearm and shot her once in the stomach, police said.
The woman was transported to the hospital to be treated for what police called non-life-threatening injuries. NOPD Chief Shaun Ferguson said she was stable during a press conference held near the bar Friday.
Authorities found Doty standing at the corner of Bordeaux and Constance streets, wearing a green shirt, gray pants, boots and a Saints cap turned backwards. He had a gray duffle slung over his shoulder. A bag of groceries lay broken open at his feet, showing a loaf of bread and a “big pack” of cream pies. He appeared to be talking to himself. A neighbor came out of a driveway to look at him. As she did, several police cars came down Bordeaux and Constance. Doty raised his hands as one officer drew a weapon but kept it pointed down. The officers shouted at him to get down, which he eventually did. He was handcuffed and placed in the back of the car.
The charges related to Friday’s shooting add to Doty’s lengthy criminal history, dating back to 1991 when authorities accused him of manslaughter, according to jail records.
Authorities accused Doty of issuing worthless checks for $1,500 or more in January 1991. After initially pleading not guilty, he pleaded guilty to the charge in 1992 and was sentenced to one year behind bars.
Less than three months later, Doty’s trial began in connection to manslaughter, jail records show. In 1992, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but the conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court three years later and he was released.
In 2002, he was booked with unauthorized entering of an inhabited dwelling, but was released from custody eight months later when prosecutors dropped the charges.
In 2009, he pleaded guilty to theft of goods under $1,500 and was sentenced to two years on probation after an initial sentence of two years in prison, jail records show. Seven months after his arrest, a judge revoked Doty’s probation under the recommendation of his probation officer and sentenced him to 90 days in Orleans Parish jail under the condition that he complete a drug rehabilitation program and return to probation when released. It is unclear how long Doty was in jail.
The following year, a judge found him guilty of theft of goods under $300 and was sentenced to 43 days in Orleans Parish jail and in 2011, he pleaded guilty to simple burglary and was sentenced to six years.
Staff photographer Michael DeMocker contributed to this report.
Olivia Prentzel covers breaking news and criminal justice for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Reach her at oprentzel@nola.com or find her on Twitter @olivepretzel.
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