NOPD searches for person of interest who dropped homicide victim off at hospital

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Police are asking for the public’s help locating a person of interest who they say dropped a homicide victim off at a local hospital Tuesday night.

Officers were called to a local hospital Tuesday around 8:30 p.m. after a man arrived by private conveyance with a gunshot wound to his back. The victim later died of his injuries.

Through NOPD’s investigation, 27-year-old Kendall Willis was identified as one of three people dropping the victim off at the hospital from a silver sedan.

NOPD says Willis is not considered a suspect. Investigators want to interview him to get information about the shooting. They also want to learn the owner of the vehicle seen at the hospital.

If anyone has any information about the shooting that could help investigators, they are asked to contact NOPD Homicide Detective Walter Edmond at (504) 658-5300 or Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.

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