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Iberville Projects were a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans and one of the low-income Housing Projects of New Orleans. Its boundaries were St. Louis Street to the north, Basin Street to the east, Iberville Street to the south and North Claiborne Avenue to the west. It is located in the 4th Ward of downtown New Orleans, on the former site of the Storyville district. The area is currently being redeveloped. The Iberville Projects were located at 29°57′34″N 90°04′25″W [1] and has an elevation of 0 feet (0 m)[2] (mean sea level). There are four boundaries of the neighborhood.
In 2011, HANO[7] and the city of New Orleans were granted $30.5 million as part of the U.S Department of Housing. The grant will improve the neighborhood's sustainability and increase access to high quality services.
The Iberville Projects was known for its brutal crime. Trial is underway for duo charged in Iberville killing. Alfred "Al" Dixon and Demonte "D-man" Carmouche are facing charges of second degree murder for the killing of Terrence Lewis. On July 8, 2012, Terrence Lewis was found shot to death in the 1400 block of Bienville Street. Lewis was targeted because of an ongoing beef with the men and the fact his cousin had been jailed for the murder of Alfred Dixon's brother. In November 2011, Alford Dixon was found shot to death. He was said to be a member of the 4th ward Goonies, a gang that operated throughout the Iberville Projects[4].
On the night of the shooting, Lewis went to his grandmother's house to search for an identification card he had lost. He was leaving to go to a nightclub but never made it past the porch. Dixon and Carmouche were waiting. Both were armed with semi automatic handguns. Once the teenagers opened fire, Lewis turned his back to run back into the house but a bullet ripped through his back. The shooters fled the scene and Lewis's grandmother ran outside to find her grandson slumped on the ground. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
There were no eye witnesses to the slaying, but Dixon and Carmouche were identified from grainy surveillance footage. A couple of weeks later, police arrested Dixon and Carmouche in the murder after a stolen gun thought to have been used in the shooting was linked to one of the teens. [5]Their defense attorney says "If you evaluate all of the evidence that they present... it doesn't really line up with the theory that the state is presenting to you".
There is a good population still living in the iberville projects. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,540 people, 830 households, and 689 families residing in the neighborhood.