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Updated: 1:51 PM PST, March 12, 2021
Police said Joseph Vindel had been shot while he was sitting in his SUV, and then Harvey allegedly drove the vehicle with the dirt bike on a trailer to New Orleans Garden District.
A 29-year-old Louisiana man was killed after being fatally shot while trying to sell his dirt bike to someone he met on Facebook Marketplace, officials said.
Joseph Vindel left his New Orleans home around 10 a.m. on Sunday to meet up with someone who said they were interested in buying his $2,800 dirt bike, officials said. That man was identified as 20-year-old Jalen Harvey, who allegedly shot Vindel as he sat in his black Lexus SUV outside Harvey’s apartment complex in Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Parish Joe Lopinto said at a Monday press conference.
New Orleans realtor, 29, is killed after arranging to sell his $2,700 dirt bike on Facebook Marketplace to 20-year-old man
Joseph Vindel died Sunday after leaving his home in New Orleans and traveling to Harvey, Jefferson Parish, to meet up with Jalen Harvey
Vindel had listed his red Honda dirt bike for $2,700 on Facebook Marketplace Mr. Vindel never returned from that transaction, Sheriff Joe Lopinto said
Harvey allegedly shot and killed Vindel in his car before driving and abandoning the car with the victim s body inside and making off with the dirt bike
The dirt bike was found on the outside patio of Harvey s apartment and the gun used in the slaying was recovered inside the building, authorities said