He later goes to work for Leroy Brown, a stationery salesman trying to live up to his self-perceived 'bad guy in the streets' image.
Leroy Brown was an actual man from the area who may have very well have been the inspiration for the Jim Croce song.
Just like in that song about bad, bad Leroy Brown.
In August, a judge released to the defense police reports that named Leroy Brown as an eyewitness.
DNA tests reveal that Leroy Brown is not the father of Cora.
Leroy Brown had also been witness to an earlier drive-by shooting attack on Snead by Peeler prior to the murder.
Ladd also had a decent run as part of a tag team with "Bad" Leroy Brown in the early 1980s.
He is to baseball what Leroy Brown is to junkyard dogs.
Like "Leroy Brown," that's a good one - a fighting song.
He also had a short stint in Florida briefly feuding with Leroy Brown in the early 80s.