An overnight shooting in the Central Business District left one man dead from his wounds, the New Orleans Police Department said Sunday morning.

NOPD was called to the 300 block of Loyola Avenue around 12:30 a.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital, where he later died from wounds.

The area where the shooting occurred is near a Holiday Inn hotel and about a block away from City Hall.

The New Orleans Coroner's Office will identify the victim and release the cause of death.

The man's killing was the first of two overnight homicides in the city. Four people were shot in the 100 block of Bourbon Street around 2:30 a.m, leaving one woman dead and three others hospitalized.

Both shootings are under investigation.

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