A violent night and early morning in New Orleans East resulted in the shooting death of a woman and a man going to a hospital with a neck wound.
The first happened around 7 p.m. Saturday on Dwyer Road near Downman. Police say they responded to a call of a man who had been shot in the neck. According to the NOPD’s major offense log, the victim and the suspect were involved in a fight that started with an argument before turning physical. During that fight, the suspect pulled a gun and fired, wounding the victim in his neck and grazing his arm. EMS took the victim to a hospital. His condition is unknown.
The other shooting happened around 3:45 a.m. Sunday on Ridgefield Drive a few blocks off Morrison Road. Responding officers found the victim, a woman, dead in the backyard of a home…