NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating three separate shootings around the city on Christmas night, Dec. 25, that left two people wounded and one dead.
Around 10:08 p.m. on Monday, NOPD officers responded to the call of a man shot near the corner of Canal Street and South Carrollton Avenue in Mid-City. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office as 45-year-old Sedrick Carter, suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to a local hospital by EMS, where he died. Officers have since classified the incident as a homicide.
Through an investigation, officers learned Carter walked to meet the suspect at his vehicle when a fight happened. During the altercation, the suspect shot Carter and drove off.
An hour earlier, around 9:11 p.m., officers were called in response to a shooting in the Fillmore neighborhood in the 4400 block of Duplessis Street. Officers said a man arrived at a hospital suffering from a wound.
Hours before, officers were on the scene of a shooting that left a juvenile wounded in the Pines Village neighborhood.
Officers said around 7:47 p.m., they were alerted of the shooting in the 6600 block of Virgilian Street after the juvenile arrived at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound.
There is no update on either victims’ condition.
No further details are available on the incidents. The NOPD is in the process of gathering evidence and information to determine possible suspects and motives.
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