Man fatally shot Tuesday night in Treme

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 31-year-old man was fatally shot in the Treme neighborhood early Tuesday evening (March 28), New Orleans police said.

The victim, whose identity has not been disclosed, was found in the street with several gunshot wounds in the 800 block of North Tonti Street around 6:11 p.m., police said.

An NOPD spokesperson said the fatal shooting appears to have been the result of an argument between two men. No suspected shooter was immediately described or arrested by police.

The man was gunned down in the street between Willie Mae’s Scotch House restaurant and Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School. Police said no one else was injured and there were no students on campus when the shooting occurred, but the school still was briefly locked down as a precaution with only faculty and staff inside.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact NOPD homicide detective Matt Riffle at (504) 658-5300 or Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.

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