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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in New Orleans East on Saturday, Jan. 27.
The NOPD reported that officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 14000 block of Chef Menteur Highway around 7:44 p.m.
At the scene, police said they found a man suffering with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
NOPD officials said they later issued an arrest warrant for 20-year-old Robert Augillard in connection with the investigation.
On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Orleans Parish coroner identified the victim as 42-year-old Cody Abbott.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting can call NOPD Homicide Section detectives at (504)-658-5300 or Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at (504)-822-1111.
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