NEW ORLEANS — Four people were shot Tuesday evening in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood, according to New Orleans police.
Police say the shooting happened around 5:41 p.m. in the 2600 block of S. Rocheblave Street, near Washington Avenue.
According to New Orleans police, the four victims were wounded in the shooting. Two of them were taken to the hospital in a private vehicle and two more were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Late Tuesday evening, the NOPD announced a fifth victim in the shooting was discovered and transported to the local hospital by EMS, however, later reports say the number of victims in this incident is four.
Police also did not say the severity of their wounds.
This shooting comes the same day NOPD officers discovered three people dead inside a Gentilly home. In that incident, police say the bodies were there for several days before they were discovered by officers conducting a wellness check. It is being investigated as a homicide police say.
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