Woman fatally shot in French Quarter

NEW ORELANS ( WGNO ) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 30.

The NOPD reported officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 700 block of St. Peter Street around 4:57 a.m., where they found a woman suffering with a gunshot wound.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.

According to the NOPD, the woman was shot at while sitting inside her car.

The investigation is ongoing, and the Orleans Parish coroner will identify the victim.

Anyone with information about the fatal shooting can call NOPD Homicide Section detectives at 504-658-5300 or Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111.

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