New Orleans police investigate a fatal shooting Monday night on South Prieur Street in Broadmoor. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A man was shot to death Monday night on South Prieur Street in Broadmoor, New Orleans Police said.
A New Orleans police officer holds the crime-scene tape so the coroner’s van can pass on South Prieur Street after a fatal shooting Monday, Aug. 7. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
After reports of a shooting at South Prieur and General Taylor streets around 9:15 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, officers found a victim lying in the street with gunshot wound to the head, according to a NOPD report. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly afterward.
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“He can’t be from around here,” said one woman, standing on General Pershing Street with her husband. “Nobody’s come out here yet. As far as family, I haven’t seen nobody.”
A woman whose scooter was parked near the man’s body said she was in a nearby home when the shooting took place, but neither she nor the others there heard it. They did not realize a man had been killed until she walked out the front door to leave, she said.
Investigators with the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office confer with police on the scene of a fatal shooting on South Prieur Street. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Anyone with information is urged to call the NOPD Homicide Division at 504-658-5300 to speak to a detective, or CrimeStoppers at 822-1111 to leave an anonymous tip that could be eligible for a cash reward.
