NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide in the Fifth District that left a man dead.
The incident happened around 4:50 Friday afternoon in the 2800 block of Almonaster Avenue.
According to the NOPD officers responded to the scene and found an unresponsive man laying on the ground
According to detectives, the incident was originally investigated as an unclassified death but after reviewing evidence and circumstance, the police found a bullet wound in the victim and pronounced him dead on the scene, making it a homicide.
Police said the investigation is still going on and the mans identity will not be released until the family is notified.
This is an ongoing investigation.
A suspect or motive is not known at this time.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Detective Winston Harbin at 504-658-5300 or call anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP.
