NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police say a man was found fatally shot near the Lafitte Greenway in Tremé on Monday morning.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, officers responded to reports of a man down in the street near North Derbigny Street and Lafitte Avenue around 8:14 a.m. Officers arriving at the scene found an adult man suffering from "an undetermined number of gunshot wounds."
The NOPD said that the man was later pronounced dead at the scene. The police department did not share any additional details about the unidentified man or the investigation.
The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office will determine the man's official cause of death and publish his name after notifying his family.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call NOPD homicide detective Jameson Diesburg at 504-658-5300, or anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-7867.
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