NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say one man is dead after a shooting in New Orleans Seventh Ward area Monday night.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting happened around 7:50 p.m. in the 1300 block of Touro Street near Urquhart Street in the middle of the Seventh Ward South neighborhood.
Officers arriving at the scene found a man who had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The NOPD said detectives are still gathering information to identify the person responsible for the shooting and a motive. The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office will release the man's name at a later time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact NOPD homicide detective Jake Engle at 504-658-5300. Residents can also report information anonymously to Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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