NEW ORLEANS — An Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office deputy shot a man outside a business in New Orleans' Gert Town area on Sunday.
The New Orleans Police Department said it was investigating a deputy-involved shooting in the 7900 block of Earhart Boulevard. Preliminary reports say the shooting happened around 11:46 a.m. and stemmed from an altercation with 56-year-old Robert Ruffin and another man.
Timothy David Ray, a spokesperson for Sheriff Susan Hutson, said multiple people saw a patron, later identified by NOPD as Ruffin, argue with another person. Deputies asked Ruffin to leave, and although he initially complied, he returned with a gun and fired two shots before an OPSO deputy returned fire, striking him.
Ruffin was taken to a hospital by paramedics.
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