A man shot on Bourbon Street in an afternoon burst of violence has died of his injuries.
The shooting was reported just before 2 o’clock this afternoon near the intersection of Bourbon and Toulouse.
Police arriving at the scene located the man suffering with a gunshot wound.
The man was transported to a local hospital where he expired.
The incident initially classified as a shooting is now a homicide.
NOPD officers and investigators are on scene, working the area for clues and eyewitnesses.
No other information has been released by NOPD.
