NEW ORLEANS — A man was killed and a woman is behind bars after a shooting on Bourbon Street early Sunday morning.
According to New Orleans police, the shooting happened around 2:05 a.m. Police were called to the scene and found the unidentified man with a gunshot wound to his chest inside a business on the block. He was declared dead at the scene.
Sources confirmed that the victim was an employee at the bar Cat's Meow. Police say the victim was hit by a stray bullet, fired from outside the business.
Police detained Daphney D. Jackson, 24, at the scene of the crime for questioning. According to NOPD, detectives determined that she was the shooter and obtained a warrant for her arrest on charges of manslaughter, obstruction of justice and illegal use of weapons.
Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to call NOPD Homicide Detective Walter Edmond at 504-658-5300, or call Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.
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