Not a Katrina Evacuee? Step’s Murderer’s Illustrious Criminal Career
Oh yeah, this asshole was a stand-up citizen, and “only” killed someone as late as February of 2006 in Lacombe, LA, so how could he be a Katrina evacuee? Who in the hell gives a crap about the timing of his previous crimes? My friend Step is dead, and for all of you leftist, free-to-be, you-and-me, hug-a-tree, peace-at-any-price crowd idiots, SHUT THE HELL UP!
You’ve pilloried me in the past saying Lucas Palmer WASN’T a “Katrina Evacuee,” but that doesn’t change the facts. Katrina evacuee or not, this was a career criminal; black, yellow, purple, white, or whatever. This scumbag didn’t deserve to be sucking our oxygen, much less taking the life of one of the finest cops on the face of this planet. Wanna call me racist? Go the hell ahead. You can try to hurt my feelings all you want, but the truth is, my friend Step is gone. And it’s all thanks to the hands of Katrina evacuee, Lucas Palmer.
Here’s a story from the Times Picayune:
More From The Times-Picayune
Lacombe fugitive dies in shootout
Murder suspect kills officer in GeorgiaSaturday, July 01, 2006
By Paul RiouxA Lacombe man wanted in connection with a Valentine’s Day murder in St. Tammany Parish was killed in a shootout with police that also left an officer dead Thursday night in an Atlanta suburb.
DeKalb County Police Detective Dennis Stepnowski, 33, was fatally shot by Lucas Palmer, 24, after a foot chase at an apartment complex near Stone Mountain, Ga., police said.
Palmer, who was killed in the brief gun battle with Stepnowski and the officer’s partner, was wanted on a first-degree murder warrant alleging he shot Corey Casborn, 23, in the head Feb. 14 in Lacombe, St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain said.
“We always believed Palmer would not go peacefully and would not be taken alive. Unfortunately, he took a police officer with him,” Strain said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Detective Stepnowski’s family and his fellow officers.”
DeKalb police said Stepnowski, a 12-year veteran, and another officer were on routine patrol Thursday about 7 p.m. when they saw a man behaving suspiciously and began running after him.
At some point during the chase, shots were fired, said a police spokesman, who did not indicate who fired first. Witnesses reported hearing at least 10 shots in rapid succession.
Stepnowski died a short time later at a hospital. The suspect died at the scene and was identified by fingerprints as Palmer on Friday, DeKalb police said.
St. Tammany detectives said Palmer killed Casborn in a botched drug deal and then burned his body in a sport-utility vehicle. An alleged accomplice, Jermaine Burns, 24, of Lacombe, was arrested Feb. 24 and booked with first-degree murder.
Casborn, who lived in New Orleans, drove to Palmer’s home at 27233 S.E. Price Alley in a 2001 Lincoln Navigator and was met by Burns and Palmer, who allegedly got into Casborn’s vehicle and shot him in the head, sheriff’s deputies said.
With Burns following in another vehicle, Palmer drove the SUV to a wooded area off U.S. 190 and torched the vehicle with Casborn’s body inside, detectives said. The charred body was discovered five days later.
Detectives said the alleged drug deal involved a large amount of narcotics that Palmer and Burns took after Casborn was killed.
Casborn’s mother, Nina Casborn, who has disputed the charge that her son’s murder involved drugs, said she was irked by reports that Palmer tried to pass himself off as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee to residents at the apartment complex.
“He was no evacuee. He was a murderer and a fugitive,” said Casborn, who lives in Lacombe. “I’m glad he’s been brought to justice, but I’m horrified that a police officer had to be killed in order to do it.”
She expressed sorrow for Stepnowski’s family as well as Palmer’s, saying she knows all too well what they are going through.
Oh, Nina… how misguided you are! “He was no evacuee. He was a murderer and a fugitive,” Are you kidding me lady? You think that being a murderer and a fugitive is LESS serious than being an evacuee? Give me a FRIGGIN’ break!!!!
Argue all you want about who was where, when, why and how, but this piece of human garbage killed one of the most decent men I’ve ever known. One who would protect the wives, sons, daughters, girlfriends, etc., from the scum that abuse them.
Want to see more? Here’s from a story on Officer.com:
The suspect — identified as 25-year-old Lucas Palmer — also was killed in the shootout at Mountain Crest Apartments. Palmer was a Katrina evacuee from Louisiana and was wanted in that state on charges of first-degree murder.
From the KOTC 11 website:
Neighbors at the Atlanta-area apartment complex where he lived said Palmer fled Lacombe after Hurricane Katrina and had just gotten out of jail Thursday before the shootout.
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Police have not yet identified the suspect, but some who knew him at the complex said he was a New Orleans native who moved to the area after Hurricane Katrina.
From the Augusta Chronicle:
The 12-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department, known to his colleagues as “Step,” was killed Thursday in Stone Mountain, Ga., after pursuing a Hurricane Katrina evacuee wanted in a February homicide in Louisiana.
From WSB-TV.com:
Palmer was a Katrina evacuee from Louisiana and was wanted in that state on charges of first-degree murder.
From the Gwinnett Daily Post:
The 12-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department, known to his colleagues as ‘‘Step,’’ was killed Thursday in Stone Mountain after pursuing a Hurricane Katrina evacuee wanted in connection with a February murder in Louisiana.
From 11-Alive.com:
Palmer was being sought on a first degree murder charge for killing and burning the body of another man this past February in St. Tammany Parish north of New Orleans. One man is in custody in the Louisiana case but police believe Palmer was the trigger man and thought he had fled to the Houston area.
And now for the best WWLTV.com:
The suspect’s name was not immediately released. A neighbor, Vaughn Smith, said the man and his family moved to Atlanta from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Torrey Gails, 16, said the police officer was shot a couple of times in the throat before another officer shot the suspect.
Gails said the slain man had just gotten out of jail on Thursday and did not want to go back. He said the man went by the name “N.O.” because he was from New Orleans, but added that many residents did not know him because he had just moved to the complex when he got out of jail.
Hundreds of Katrina evacuees were relocated to four large apartment complexes in that area of Stone Mountain.
The point is, I could go on and on and on and on…. but I don’t think I need to. Palmer told all of his new neighbors in the apartment complex that he was a Katrina evacuee, and was obviously living in “Katrina evacuee housing,” so yes, he was getting government money. All “evacuees” had their rent paid for at those apartments by the government. What more evidence do you idiots want? *sigh*…
Step, I will remember and love you always, and know you’re looking out for us where you are in heaven. I’m also very excited to know that Lucas Palmer completely bypassed the normal judgment and went straight to hell. He deserved it. You weren’t the only person he’d murdered, but thank GOD you’ll be the last.
We will always miss you….come visit us when you can – even if it’s in our dreams.
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