Ex-Mayor Shoots Himself in Chambers
Former Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, a onetime New Orleans gambler, culminated a controversy over the city’s faulty wooden water pipes by slipping into the empty City Council chambers and shooting himself. A note on the table begged his wife’s forgiveness for his business debts, his drinking and gambling, and his suicide.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
