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New Orleans man who heroically saved 3-year-old from burning home in 2017 shot dead in street © Provided by New York Daily News Jerome Roberts A New Orleans man hailed as a hero three years ago for saving a toddler from a burning home has been shot dead in what family members suspect was a robbery. Jerome Roberts was found face-down in a street near a service road to Interstate 10, police said Tuesday. He was found just after 5:30 a.m. with “multiple gunshot wounds,” police said in a statement. “The victim was declared deceased at the scene, at which time NOPD Homicide Unit detective...

3 years ago he ran into a burning home and saved a child - Monday he was shot and killed “It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. You don’t know who’s going to be next. it’s ridiculous in New Orleans,” said Joyce Roberts. Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Published: 7:46 PM CST March 2, 2021 Updated: 7:53 AM CST March 3, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans family is mourning the loss of a man they called a hero. Jerome Roberts was killed early Monday morning in the Seabrook neighborhood. Roberts loved ones said he had a heart of gold....