Police respond to shootings in NOE, Algiers, Gentilly Thursday

NEW ORLEANS - Police were called to shootings in New Orleans East, Algiers and Gentilly  Thursday.

NOPD spokesman Officer Frank Robertson III said officers responded at about 6:45 p.m. to the 7800 block of Sand Street, where a 17-year-old male sustained a gunshot wound to the back. He was listed in stable condition at the hospital.

Robertson said police also received a call from a local hospital saying that they were treating a 20-year-old man for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the back. According to the victim, the shooting occurred in the 2000 block of Pace Street in Algiers, Robertson said.

Then at about 10 p.m., a 17-year-old male sustained a gunshot wound to the thigh in the 6300 block of Music Street. He was listed in stable condition.

Anyone with information about any of the shootings is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.