UPDATE: A gun recovered from the scene discharged while investigators were handling it, causing a piece of concrete to hit a deputy in the face.
METAIRIE – Three people were killed and a woman was shot in the face in an early morning quadruple shooting in a Metairie apartment complex.
The shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. at an apartment at 2508 Pasadena Avenue, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Col. John Fortunato.
The surviving female victim, who had been shot in the face, called 911.
Responding officers found two men shot dead in the kitchen area, and another woman shot dead on the living room sofa, according to Fortunato.
All victims were over the age of 30.
Fortunato urged anyone with any information about the shooting to contact the JPSO as soon as possible.
Stay tuned to WGNO for more information as this story develops.
