Homicide investigation underway after man found dead in Algiers
ALGIERS, La. (WGNO) — A man is dead following a shooting in an Algiers neighborhood, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
NOPD officers report that at 7:18 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, they were called to the 3700 block of Texas Drive on a report of an unresponsive man at the scene.
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Upon arrival, officers found the man, identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office as 38-year-old Reginald Ware, and declared him dead on the scene, classifying the crime as an unclassified death.
The incident was later reclassified as a homicide investigation after the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office discovered Ware had suffered a gunshot wound.
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The NOPD is in the process of gathering evidence and information to determine a possible suspect and motive.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Fourth District detectives at 504-658-6040 or call anonymously to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP.
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