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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Police, K-9 unit search Garden District for at least 2 people seen running from shot-up car


The victim lies in the street behind a screen as New Orleans Police investigate a fatal shooting on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)A car near the victim has bullet holes in the window and door after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)An investigator runs from the scene after a suspect is sighted nearby as New Orleans Police investigate a fatal shooting on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans firefighters and EMS check a victim for signs of life after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)A neighbor looks at the victim as he lies in the street behind a screen as New Orleans Police investigate a fatal shooting on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans EMS leaves the scene with an empty stretcher after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans firefighters and EMS check a victim for signs of life after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans Police examine a bullet-riddled car after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans Police secure the scene after a shooting which left one person dead on Harmony Street at Prytania Street on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)New Orleans Police secure a crime scene at Freret Street and Martin Luther King Blvd. on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

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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