NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The man fatally shot in a Mid-City parking lot Tuesday (Sept. 30) was a father who was carjacked while picking up a child from daycare, New Orleans police said.

The victim’s identity and age have not been disclosed. He was shot to death around 5:13 p.m. in the parking lot of the Abeona House Child Discovery Center at 3401 Canal St.

New Orleans police Dept. Supt. Nicholas Gernon said at a Wednesday news conference that the man’s accused killer -- identified as Raymond Wells -- was himself found shot in the head minutes later Tuesday, inside the stolen vehicle which came to rest on Interstate 10 in Metairie near the Bonnabel exit.

“Mr. Wells had been shot once in the head and he is in extremely grave condition at University Medical Center,” Gernon said. “Should Mr. We

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