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The first shooting happened in a neighborhood between two schools, the second happened near a busy intersection. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 10:40 AM CDT May 8, 2021 NEW ORLEANS Two people died in two New Orleans East shootings Friday night and Saturday morning, statements from police said. Police officers were sent to the Little Woods area after someone reported gunfire near Dinkins and Meyn streets around 11:14 p.m. Friday, in the neighborhood between Lake Castle Private School and Robert Russa Monton Charter School. When they arrived, officers found two men wounded by gunfire. The two victims were rushed to a hospital for treatment, but one of the victims died, a statement from the New Orleans Police Department s Public Affairs Division said. ....