NEW ORLEANS — UPDATE: Initially, the killing was reported to be in the St. Roch area, but later police said the body was found in the St. Claude area. The two areas are adjacent and separated by Almonaster Avenue.
A male victim was shot and killed in the St. Claude area Sunday night, police said.
The shooting happened near the intersection of Franklin and Almonaster avenues around 7 p.m., a New Orleans Police Department spokesperson said.
Officers responding to the scene found the victim lying on the ground in a shopping mall parking lot, the spokesperson said. Paramedics at the scene said the victim was dead.
NOPD detectives were still investigating the killing Sunday night.
On Monday, the Orleans Parish Coroner identified the victim as 34-year-old Cedric Wright.
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