Scammer turned federal witness killed by ex-partner in New Orleans staged crash scheme, feds say

Cornelius Garrison staged dozens of crashes into big rigs in New Orleans for the insurance payouts. But by fall 2020, the prolific “slammer” was cooperating with the feds. His name stood atop the latest in a parade of indictments alleging a brazen scheme to pack cars with people and slam them into tractor-trailers, when Garrison was gunned down days later at the doorstep to his Gentilly apartment on Sept. 22, 2020. Garrison and his mother had just eaten gumbo when he opened the front door, stumbled back and fell dead...