shooting, claiming authorities beat the victim and threw his body off of the balcony. No charges were filed against Officer Smith. Louis Dabdoub shooting On December 10, 2004, NOPD Fourth District’s police commander, Capt. Louis Dabdoub, was injured in a shooting near the complex after he stopped a suspected truant. Dabdoub was shot in the leg by a teenager who opened fire on him, police said. Dabdoub fired several shots back, but then the suspect collapsed, got up and then fled into the complex. After the shooting DeGaulle Manor was placed on lockdown while police searched apartments for the suspect. The Teen was caught a later charged in 2005. 2005 double murder On May 8, 2005 authorities discovered the decomposed bodies of two men stuffed in the trunk of a car parked in the 2900 block of Vespasian St. Officers arrived and found two men dead, both with gunshot wounds to the head. ExhibitBe In 2014, Brandan Odums and his graffiti crew transformed DeGaulle Manor into a graffiti art exhibit painting murals of famous civil rights leaders and entertainers such as Tupac Shakur, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali. The murals located on 3010 Sandra Drive attracted 3,000 people when Odums opened it as ExhibitBe on 15 November 2014. It was described as "the largest single-site street art exhibit in the American South." ExhibitBe closed in January 2015 with a concert including musicians David Banner, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, Dee-1 and a performance by the Edna Karr High School Marching Band. In popular culture Film The 2019 film Black and Blue was filmed at the complex as "Kingston Manor." Featured in season 1 in the 2015 TV series Zoo. NCIS: New Orleans filmed at 2400 Murl Street. Featured In the 2012 film Contraband. Featured in the 2020 film “Project Power.” See also List of public housing developments in the United States References Public housing in New Orleans