NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in the Lower Ninth Ward on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
The NOPD reported that a man was shot in the 1800 block of Lizardi Street around 3:18 p.m.
Officers said they responded a to a call of an aggravated battery by shooting at the location. Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive man on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds.
The man was taken by EMS to a hospital, where he later died.
The Orleans Parish coroner identified the victim as 22-year-old Erin Lewis on Friday, Feb. 23.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Fifth District detectives at 504-658-6050 or call anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP.
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