Man found fatally shot inside his car on Sunday ID’d by New Orleans coroner

The New Orleans coroner on Wednesday (May 29) identified a man found fatally shot inside his vehicle in the 7th Ward as 37-year-old Brandon Anthony.

New Orleans police said officers responding to a shooting about 11:55 p.m. Sunday found the man now identified as Anthony had been shot more than once and while sitting inside his vehicle in the 1400 block of Claiborne Avenue. He died on the scene, police said.

The fatal shooting of Anthony marked the fourth person killed in a shooting over the weekend and the third in the 7th Ward.

Roy Cain, 35, was killed about 10 p.m. in a double shooting Sunday night in the 2200 block of St. Anthony Street, in the 7th Ward. A woman was wounded in the shooting and taken to a hospital for treatment.

Kendrick Mayes, 27, was shot dead Saturday afternoon in the 2200 block of North Galvez Street, in the St. Roch neighborhood.

Reginald Field, 50, was killed in a shooting early Saturday in the 2400 block of A.P. Tureaud Avenue, in the 7th Ward. Field was one of the founders of Andrew H. Wilson Charter School in Broadmoor and served as its head dean since the charter network took it over in 2015.

Anyone with information about Anthony’s homicide is asked to contact NOPD Homicide Detective Daniel Hiatt, who is leading the investigation, at 504-658-5300 or provide information anonymously through Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.

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Emily Lane covers criminal justice in New Orleans for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Reach her at elane@nola.com. Follow her on Twitter (@emilymlane) or Facebook.

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Brandon Anthony, 37, was killed in a shooting in the 7th Ward on Sunday, May 26, 2019. A coroners van is pictured at the scene at Washington Avenue and S. White Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) ((Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)/)