NEW ORLEANS — The New Orlean Police Department is investigating a double homicide in Mid-City Thursday night.
According to NOPD, officers were called to the 500 block of South Clark Street just after 7 p.m. on reports of shots fired in the area.
Police said when they arrived, two men were found on the scene suffering from several gunshot wounds.
Both men died on the scene.
No further information is available at the time as this is a developing story.
The New Orleans Coroner will release the identities of the victims and their cause of death after an autopsy is done and families are notified.
Homicide Detective Tanisha Sykes is over the investigation and anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 504-658-5300 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111.
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