NEW ORLEANS — Three men were shot in three separate shootings in New Orleans and 2 people were found shot to death in Metairie overnight into Christmas Eve, police said.
Around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, police told WWLTV.com about a St. Claude area shooting on Gallier Street near Marais Street.
A man shot in the shoulder went to the hospital because of that shooting, a release from the New Orleans Police Department said. The victim arrived in a car, not an ambulance.
Seven minutes after police reported that shooting to newsrooms across New Orleans, they sent another.
At 9:56 p.m. Wednesday, NOPD spokespersons said another shooting had sent a second man to the hospital. He too got to the hospital in a car rather than an ambulance.
That shooting happened in New Orleans East, near Read Boulevard and Chef Menteur Highway.
At 1:49 a.m., NOPD spokespersons on Twitter said a third man in a car rather than an ambulance was sent to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, but police didn't know where that shooting took place.
In Metairie around an hour before Christmas Eve, deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office found a man and a woman dead in a car. They each had multiple gunshot wounds.
The car the victims were in was found a block away from Transcontinental Drive and Veterans Boulevard.
Police didn't identify the victims, nor did they say how old any of them were.
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Anyone willing to share information that can help police in the investigation can call CrimeStoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free 1.877.903.7867
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