Boy found shot dead in car in Desire area IDed by New Orleans coroner as 14-year-old

A boy who was found dead in a car in the Desire area earlier this week was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office Wednesday as 14-year-old Dajuan Wells. Police found Wells dead Monday in a bullet-riddled Hyundai Elantra, wearing a Mildred Osborne Charter School uniform, near the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Louisa Street.

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