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A New Orleans dispute that started inside a bar ended in a fatal shooting in the early hours of March 29, 2015. Thirty-three-year-old Gregory Journee, an African American man, was shot and killed outside a North Broad Street establishment at about 1:10 a.m. The entire incident was captured on surveillance video.

According to the footage, the confrontation began when Journee’s cousin threw a cup at the bartender, 38-year-old Cornell Augustine. Augustine jumped over the bar to confront the cousin and the fight moved outside. Journee stepped in to separate the men and was seen placing Augustine in a headlock. After breaking free, Augustine produced a gun and fired, hitting Journee five times in the chest, back, and arm as he tried to flee; Journee later died of his wounds.

Augustine was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. On the day his trial was to begin, he accepted a mediated plea agreement with Journee’s family and pleaded guilty to manslaughter; he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has additional information about events that led up to that night, please share what is known.