Police say the son of New Orleans musician Deacon John was fatally shot in his car and a suspect was arrested.

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Detectives on the scene of the murder of Deacon John's son.

New Orleans police say Keith Moore, who was 43 and also went by the name Deacon Johnson, was shot Tuesday.

Police say Moore and two companions were trying to buy drugs when a gunman fired into the car, hitting Moore in the chest.

His father, Deacon John Moore, was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 2000, and remains a local favorite, as he has for more than 40 years. The guitarist was a well-regarded session man on many hits of the late 1950s and the 1960s, including those of Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey and Ernie K-Doe.

Keith Moore was the self-proclaimed "King of Ambient Noise," and he founded NoizeFest as a response to what he viewed as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's neglect of the city's electronic music scene. NoizeFest features a range of nontraditional instruments and funny noises.

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