New Orleans Police, including a K-9 unit, were searching Garden District streets Thursday evening (March 28) for at least two people seen running from a car involved in a fatal shooting.
A man was fatally injured in the shooting, which police said occurred on Freret Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard in Central City. Police later found the car -- and the fatally wounded man -- nearly two miles away on Harmony Street, just past the street’s intersection with Prytania Street. Officers found the car stopped in the street, with the shooting victim lying just outside of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
NOPD spokesman Andy Cunningham said two people were seen running from the car.
A man at the Garden District scene, who identified himself as Jake, said he did not see the shooting but he heard two men in the silver car “yelling something to each other.” He also said he saw two men running away.
The silver Toyota Avalon was visible at the scene, with a bullet hole in the front driver’s-side window. A canvas used to shield bodies from public view had been erected next to the Avalon.
Police do not believe any gunfire occurred at the Garden District scene, said NOPD spokesman Andy Cunningham. Shell casings were collected from the Central City scene.
'That’s my child’: Woman at scene of fatal Garden District shooting
As investigators continued processing the scene, a small crowd began to gather at the scene in the Garden District. Two women wailed, one standing amid a few people near the yellow tape.
“No,” the other woman screamed repeatedly between sobs as others held her. She and those around her were behind the police tape, where an NOPD chaplain stood nearby.
“That’s my child,” the woman screamed.
Laura McKnight covers crime and breaking news for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and can be reached at 504-655-6571 and lmcknight@nola.com with tips.
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