NEW ORLEANS — Detectives with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a homicide after a woman’s body was found on the side of a highway in New Orleans East Monday morning.
NOPD detectives say the unidentified woman’s body was found inside a grey sedan that rolled to a stop at a corner of a building in the 7500 block of Chef Menteur Highway. Police got the call about the fatal shooting at about 4:49 a.m. Monday. Investigators say the shooting initially happened in the 4300 block of Lonely Oak Drive.
This comes less than eight hours after a separate shooting happened in the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans East that seriously injured a 13-year-old girl.
That shooting happened at about 9:00 p.m. Sunday in the 14900 block of Curran Blvd. The young victim was taken to the hospital by EMS in stable condition.
Detectives are working to gather evidence in both shootings as the investigation is ongoing.
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