Two men wounded in Gentilly, Central City shootings

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating two separate shootings that sent two men to hospitals.

The first shooting happened in Central City on Tuesday, March 5.

Around 8:41 p.m., officers say they were called to investigate a shooting in the 2200 block of Jackson Avenue after a man arrived at a hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to his body.

The second shooting happened hours later on Wednesday, March 6 in Gentilly.

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According to NOPD officers, around 8:48 a.m., they were alerted of a shooting in the 2500 block of Gentilly Boulevard after a man, suffering from a gunshot wound to his hand, arrived at a hospital.

Neither of the victims’ conditions were released.

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