NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide that left a man dead near the Village de L’Est area on Sunday, Oct. 29.

NOPD officials said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 13500 block of Granville Street around 6:30 p.m.

They said reports show a man was suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.

The Orleans Parish coroner later identified the victim as 21-year-old Maynos Luis Castillo.

The NOPD did not release any additional information.

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