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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in Downtown New Orleans on Saturday, June 1.
The NOPD reported officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 300 block of Marais Street around 11:18 p.m.
At the scene, NOPD officers said they found a man suffering with at least one gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Following an investigation, NOPD detectives said they arrested 34-year-old Keiona Robertson in connection with the shooting.
Robertson faces a charge of manslaughter.
On Wednesday, June 5, the Orleans Parish coroner identified the victim as 24-year-old John’te Williams.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting can call NOPD Homicide Section detectives at 504-658-5300.
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