Man injured in shooting along Almonaster Avenue, police say

A man was shot in the leg on Almonaster Avenue Saturday (June 22), New Orleans police said.

The shooting was reporting in the 1800 block of Almonaster Avenue (map), said NOPD spokesman Juan Barnes in an alert sent to media around 6:45 p.m. The exact time of the shooting was unclear.

This was the third shooting police reported Saturday. Around 11:40 a.m., a man was shot in his leg in the Pines Village area of New Orleans East and around 2:15 a.m., a 17-year-old girl was killed and a man was injured in a shooting along Chef Menteur Highway.

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NOPD reported a shooting in the 1800 block of Almonaster Avenue Saturday (June 22). (cleveland.com file photo/)