Reward for murder of teenager raised to $12,500
Grieving father pleads for information
His 17-year-old son was shot on the street
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
By Brendan McCarthy
The Times-Picayune
A slain teenager’s father stood on a 7th Ward street corner Tuesday afternoon and pleaded for help.
His son, Lance Zarders, 17, was gunned down last month in the street, the victim of a drive-by shooting.
New Orleans police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the case, but both Lionel Zarders and detectives have questions: Who was driving the dark-colored vehicle leaving the scene? Who else helped unload several rounds of gunfire as Lance Zarders walked down the street?
In a quest for answers, the reward for information on the case has been upped to $12,500 from the standard $2,500. Lance Zarder’s family, Crimestoppers and the detectives on the case announced the increase Tuesday at the site of the slaying.
“All we can ask for is justice,” Lionel Zarders said. He talked of how his son was a student at Frederick Douglass High School and aimed to attend vocational school.
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