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1 shot, killed in Central City shooting Friday: NOPD

When police officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to a hospital where he died.
Credit: WWL-TV

NEW ORLEANS — A man was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Central City, a spokesperson with the New Orleans Police Department said.

Police officers with NOPD's Sixth District were responding to reports of a shooting near S Claiborne and Washington avenues when they arrived at the scene around 3:30 p.m, spokesperson Paris Holmes said in a report.

When they arrived, police officers found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to a hospital where he died.

Police gave no other information.

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