Man arrested in Central City shooting that left 17-year-old girl dead, New Orleans police say

A man was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal Central City shooting earlier this month that left a 17-year-old Kionyah Shorts dead and another woman wounded, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Damon Garcia, 29, was booked into New Orleans jail on a count of second-degree murder, police said.

Shorts was shot dead in the 2600 block of Jackson Avenue on Aug. 10 just after midnight, police said. Another woman was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound that did not threaten her life, police said…

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