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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans Police are investigating a shooting near the edge of the French Quarter.

Officers say a man was shot in the back on Esplanade Avenue near Decatur Street early this morning.

He was taken to the hospital.

No word yet on his condition.