Two gunshot victims show up at hospital overnight

New Orleans Police say a woman and a man arrived at the hospital with gunshot wounds around midnight.

They were wounded in separate incidents.

Cops were notified at 11:55pm that a man had been shot and was in the ER.

Public Information Officer Kaitlin Rust Landry said, “The NOPD is investigating a shooting that occurred at a location on Orleans Avenue.

Later she emailed to say it was an apparent accident that led to that shooting.

“The signal has been changed to negligent injury.”

Just before 12:30am, Landry says they got another call.

“Initial reports show an adult female gunshot wound victim arrived at a local hospital by private conveyance.”

Detective believe that woman was shot “somewhere in the Desire area.”

Landry did not release any further information on either case.

This story was originally published here.

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