NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man is dead after a shooting in the Bywater area Wednesday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Officers responded to the Church’s restaurant in the 4300 block of St Claude Avenue at 1:40 p.m. on a call of shots fired in the area. The NOPD found a man on the scene suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to the hospital by EMS where he later died from his injuries and officers quickly changed the signal to a homicide.
No further details are available at this time but the NOPD is in the processor gathering evidence and information to determine a possible suspect and motive. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s office will release the victim’s identity after n autopsy is done and the family is notified.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Fifth District detectives at 504-658-6050 or call anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP.
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