NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say two women are dead following an early morning shooting on North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans on Friday.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting was reported around 1:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Claiborne Avenue in the Tremé neighborhood. Officers arriving at the scene found two women who had been shot multiple times.
Paramedics took both women to the hospital, where they both later died from their injuries.
The NOPD said investigators are still gathering evidence and information to identify possible suspects and a motive for the shooting.
According to our partners at NOLA.com, the victims were 20-year-old JaDiamond Jones, and 20-year-old Imani Williams.
Jones was about to receive her diploma from Nunez Community College and had passed her nursing exams. Williams was a student at Southern who had grown her hairstyling hobby into a successful business.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call NOPD homicide detective Chris Puccio at 504-658-5300. They can also report information anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111.
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