A man was fatally shot at the intersection of Lafayette Street and South Rampart Street in the Central Business District Friday evening according to a report from police.
“At about 7:00 p.m., NOPD Eighth District officers responded to a call of shots fired at the intersection of Lafayette and South Rampart streets. Upon arrival, officers located a male gunshot wound victim who was subsequently declared deceased on scene,” says the report from the New Orleans Police Department.
NOPD detectives are currently on the scene gathering evidence and few details are available at this time.
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will identify the victim and official cause of death upon completion of autopsy and notification of family.
The NOPD asks anyone with additional information on this incident, to contact NOPD Homicide Detective Walter Edmond at 504-658-5300, or to call anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.