NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A National Guard soldier accidentally shot a military comrade Tuesday night (March 10) at the Jackson Barracks base near Arabi, according to a Fox 8 source familiar with the investigation.
The New Orleans Police Department dispatched several units to the scene around 6:56 p.m. An NOPD spokesperson would only confirm that a man sustained a gunshot wound at the scene, 6400 St. Claude Ave.
An initial report Fox 8 obtained from a source indicated a man was shot in the chest and that efforts to control his bleeding were underway…