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Man arrested in connection with Pines Village homicide

37-year-old Tommy Nguyen has been charged with manslaughter.

NEW ORLEANS — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting that killed one man in Pines Village Friday, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Police said just after 6 p.m., they responded to the scene in the 4400 block of Downman Road, where a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound.

EMS pronounced the man dead on the scene.

Later on Friday evening, investigators named 37-year-old Tommy Nguyen as responsible for the homicide. He was arrested and taken to Orleans Justice Center, where he was booked on a charge of manslaughter.

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