Two injured following separate overnight shootings minutes apart, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two people are injured as the result of two separate overnight shootings that occurred minutes apart from each other, according to the NOPD.
Police say investigations are underway.
Around 3 a.m. Monday (May 22) morning, police say a man was shot in the 800 block of Canal Street. The man was sent to a local hospital for treatment.
Police say they were made aware of another shooting minutes later when a man walked into a fire station in the 400 block of Esplanade, explaining to responders there that he had been shot. The man was also sent to a local hospital for treatment.
Anyone with information regarding either of these shootings is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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