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UPDATE: According to JPSO spokesman Col. John Fortunato, a third body has been found in the house that was the scene of a large fire on River Road Monday evening.
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The Jefferson Parish Fire Department is on the scene of a large fire on River Road in old Jefferson where the bodies of two people were found shot.
One body was found on the front lawn, and the other was found in the kitchen area of the building at 4103 River Road, according to East Bank Consolidated Fire Department director Joe Greco.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Norman said both victims had been shot. First responders stayed out of the building until it was determined that no one living could still be inside, according to Norman.
The fire has been contained.
