NOPD: Two shot in separate overnight incidents

New Orleans police are investigating two overnight shootings that landed two men in area hospitals.

The first happened around 11:40 p.m. Thursday on General De Gaulle Drive near Halsey Avenue in Algiers. Police say the victim and the suspect were involved in an argument when the suspect pulled a gun and shot the suspect in the leg. The suspect then drove away in a grey Chevrolet Tahoe.

The second happened around 1 a.m. on Dwyer Road near Reynes Street in New Orleans East. EMS crews took the victim to a hospital with a body wound…

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