JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Authorities say a 15-year-old was found shot outside a home in Marrero on Saturday afternoon.
According to The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate, the Jefferson Parish Coroner identified the shooting victim as 15-year-old Ja’Marian Price.
Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said deputies were called to the 7200 block of Gentry Road around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday after getting reports of gunshots in the area. At the scene, deputies found Price lying wounded in the front yard of a home. Price was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The coroner’s office told the newspaper that Price died from multiple gunshot wounds.
The JPSO has not shared any additional details about a suspect or possible motive for the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call the JPSO homicide section at 504-364-5300 or anonymously to Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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