NEW ORLEANS — A man was accidentally shot and killed Thursday night, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
The Orleans Parish Coroner has identified the victim as 22-year-old Jalen Aubert.
Police Aubert and 22-year-old Anthony Wise were in the bedroom of a home in the 8000 block of Sheephead St., cleaning a firearm. The gun went off accidentally, and Aubert was shot in the chest.
Aubert died from his injuries at the hospital.
Wise was arrested a day after the shooting and charged with negligent homicide.
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