NOPD: Man fatally shot while picking up child from nursery

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal carjacking that started in Mid-City and ended with the alleged suspect critically wounded on I-10.

The NOPD said the carjacking victim was shot on Bienville but died a few blocks away on Canal Street

around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Police said he was picking up his child from a nursery. Four hours later, deputies allegedly found the suspect Raymond Wells shot in a stolen car on I-10 near the Bonnabel exit.

Wells is in the hospital in critical condition. The NOPD said he will face a murder charge when he’s released.

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