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Man shot to death on edge of French Quarter on Canal St.
Canal Street shooting By Chris Finch | May 5, 2021 at 6:07 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 10:12 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead on Canal St. during rush hour.
The shooting happened around 5 p.m. at the intersection of Roosevelt Way in the 900 block of Canal Street. Police said there is one victim and no suspects.
NOPD Eighth District officers said that they responded to a call of an aggravated battery by shooting at the location. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim who had sustained a gunshot wound to the body.
and a lot of police. and at first i thought there was any sort of police activity that might occur, it s a friday night in a very popular bar and nightclub and restaurant district. and then i see police with guns hiding behind vans. as i said it looked like a scene from an action movie. it almost didn t look real. yes. the event you re talking about is the one in the tenth district across the street from the restaurant? i m not sure i got away from there, so i can t verify the name of the restaurant. but that s probably it. it s right at canal st. martin next to la republic plaza. okay. so i get there and there are cops with what appear to be guns in their hands sort of hiding behind vans. dozens and dozens of firemen running around every which way appeared they were attempting to close off the road. there was a large group of pedestrians, onlookers at this point taking photos and just looking. and i don t think anybody realized the severity of what