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NOPD: Man shot, killed in St. Claude area

Around 7:45 p.m. police received a call that gunshots were heard near the intersection of France and Urquhart streets
Credit: NOPD

NEW ORLEANS — A man was shot and killed New Year's Eve in the St. Claude area, a police spokesperson said.

Around 7:45 p.m. police received a call that gunshots were heard near the intersection of France and Urquhart streets, a spokesperson with the New Orleans Police Department said.

NOPD officers arriving at the scene found the victim, identified Friday as 42-year-old Michael Hollins, laying on the sidewalk, the spokesperson said. 

Hollins was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

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