Louisiana Mayor Found Shot To Death

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Louisiana mayor found shot to death

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...or_Killed.html

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
1/1/2006

WESTLAKE, La. -- The newly elected mayor of this Louisiana town was found shot to death over the weekend, less than three days before he was set to become the community's first black leader.

Gerald "Wash" Washington, 57, was found Saturday night in the parking lot of a former high school. He had been shot in the chest, police said.

Authorities said Washington was lying by his truck with a pistol nearby. Investigators were treating the death as a homicide.

Washington, who served on the city council, was sworn in Dec. 19 as Westlake's first new mayor in 24 years. He was set to take office Tuesday.

The city council has 10 days to appoint an interim mayor, according to retiring Mayor Dudley Dixon.

Westlake, a community of 5,000 residents, is 200 miles west of New Orleans.

[beltman713]

This is the same state that gives Bush a 50% approval rating.

[1voice2006]

Oh man!!! This bullshit just never ends...when will people realize how they are the cause of their own misery.