Charges dropped against 1st person arrested in New Orleans playground shooting that wounded 17
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New Orleans prosecutors have dropped 17 counts of attempted murder against Joseph "Moe" Allen, the first man police named as a suspect in a park shooting that left 17 people wounded last month.
New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison says police had initially identified Allen as a suspect based on testimony from one witness and later obtained an arrest warrant. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/1NaaDZk ) that prosecutors decided to drop the case after receiving video showing Allen was in Texas at the time of the shooting.
Allen's mother has maintained that her 32-year-old son was with his pregnant wife shopping in Texas on Nov. 22, when multiple gunman opened fire at Bunny Friend Park in New Orleans.
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Police say they've since identified seven suspects, and three remain at large.
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Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com