Man found shot dead in car on I-10: NOPD

A man was found shot dead in a car on Interstate 10 near Orleans Avenue early Monday (June 17), New Orleans police said.

Police believe the man was shot before he drove onto I-10, said NOPD spokesman Gary Scheets, but it wasn’t immediately clear where the shooting happened. The man was found in his car around 2 a.m. on I-10 between Tulane and Orleans avenues. The eastbound interstate was closed for about four hours and reopened by 6 a.m.

The victim was shot more than once, police said. His name was not released.

No more details were immediately available.

Carlie Kollath Wells is a morning reporter at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Have an early-bird tip? Send it to her: cwells@nola.com or Twitter @carlie_kollath.

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A man was found shot dead in his car on Interstate 10 near Orleans Avenue early Monday (June 17), New Orleans police said. The fatal shooting shut down Interstate 10 in New Orleans for about four hours. (File image, Advance Local archives) (Jacob Hamilton/)