Cops say a woman and a man are dead and two other men are recovering from bullet wounds after a violent 24 hours in New Orleans.
It started Sunday morning when police were called to a home in New Orleans East shortly after 3:30am.
"Upon arrival, officers located an adult female victim in the backyard of a residence suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," according to a news release.
EMS pronounced her dead on the scene on Ridgefield Drive.
Investigators say they have identified a suspect.
Less than four hours later, there was another murder.
"Officers responded to a call for service of a male down at the location, upon their arrival they observed the male with multiple contusions, and he was pronounced deceased on the scene."
That was in the 4400 block of South Claiborne just before 7:00am.
Monday morning came with more violence.
NOPD says two gunshot victims showed up at emergency rooms around 2:00am.
"This shooting investigation includes two victims. Two separate male victims arrived at two separate local hospitals."
As of 4:00am, Senior Police Officer Jonathan Morris said they did not know where the two men were when they were shot.
"The location of occurrence is still unknown at this time."
