Man killed at car wash on S. Claiborne Avenue identified
Man killed at car wash By FOX 8 Staff | February 17, 2021 at 4:03 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 1:04 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Police are on the scene of a homicide in Central City.
Officers responded to a call of a shooting around 3:20 p.m. in the 3700 block of South Claiborne Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
Bruce Gaten, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to NOPD, a vehicle pulled up next to the victim’s vehicle and the suspect got out, approached the victim’s vehicle and opened fire.
Updated: 4:53 AM CST February 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Authorities say one man is dead after shots rang out in the Little Woods neighborhood in New Orleans East on Mardi Gras evening.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 7500 block of Morel Street around 9:52 p.m. to reports of shots fired. At the scene, officers found a man inside a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds. The man was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators are still trying to determine possible suspects and a motive for the shooting.
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will release the man’s name at a later time.
A shooting left one man dead and another wounded Saturday (Feb. 13) evening in Central City, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At 5:08 p.m., NOPD Sixth District officers were called to Washington and Loyola avenues for an aggravated battery by shooting. The officers found two men suffering with gunshot wounds.va One victim, Bryan Veal, […]