NEW ORLEANS — Family members speak out and identify the teen who was found shot dead in Monday night.

On Tuesday, the family of 17-year-old Jyran Johnson told WWL Louisiana’s Mike McDaniel that he was the teen who was found fatally shot. The family says he was a junior at LB Landry High School.

According to the New Orleans Police Department, officers responded around 8 p.m. to the 3700 block of Texas Drive, where they found the victim, now identified as Johnson, with a gunshot wound.

Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

The investigation remains ongoing, and no additional details have been released.

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