From media descriptions this Louisiana attack -in this latest Knockout Murder- are almost identical to the one which killed victim Colton Gleason in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In the Minnesota case 18-year-old attacker, Jesse Smithers was sentenced to 10 years last Thursday.
In both cases the similarly aged black attackers picked a random white target then punched them in the head causing their victims to fall down and hit their heads again on the sidewalk – which led to coma and eventual brain death.
BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police have arrested Windall Lavel Herring, 19, 8211 Perkins Rd., for 2nd Degree Murder.
According to a report, police were called to 1600 Lake Calais Court on February 1st, 2014 around 9:30pm in reference to an unresponsive man lying on the sidewalk bleeding.
The victim, 55-year-old white male John Bannon, was transported to an area hospital where he died of his injuries on February 14th.
The Coroner’s Office ruled Bannon’s death a homicide, stating that he died from “blunt force closed head trauma which caused lethal hemmorrhaging to the brain.”
“A possible motive is that the teens attacked Bannon because they wanted to see who could hit the hardest,” said a BRPD spokesman.
Police received an anonymous tip with details of the incident, stating that 2 black males struck Bannon causing him to fall to the concrete and strike his head.
Herring and a juvenile male were positively identified in a six person photographic lineup as being the men responsible for the attack.
A warrant was issued for Herring and he was taken into custody on Tuesday.
Herring was charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Juvenile. (read more)