New Orleans police investigate shooting at Elysian Fields

IT'S AUBRY, WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER. DAY WITH NO IMPACTS. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY MORE HEAT WARNINGS COMING NEXT. IT FEELS LIKE AN ETERNITY I SAID. DRYER AIR IS COMING. HYATT REGENCY CAM LOOKS GOOD AND LET'S LOOK AT TODAY'S STATS. HOW MANY TIMES IS THE MISSISSIPPI COAST NAMED THE HOTTEST PLACE IN THE AREA TODAY? GULFPORT WITH 97. 95 BILOXI. MATCHING BATON ROUGE WITH 95. SLIDELL HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED 93 HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. REAL-TIME TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE 90S FOR MANY. STILL 94. DEW IS LOWING ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST. THAT'S WHY IT WAS THE HOTTEST TODAY. GULFPORT. BILOXI 6964 DEW POINTS. DRIER AIR HAS ALREADY TAKEN EFFECT. THOSE DEW POINTS ARE ACTUALLY LOWER THAN OUR HIGH. BUT IF WE LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER ACROSS THE REGION, EVEN DRIER AIR IS GOING TO COME OUR WAY. LOOK AT 62 DOS TO MEMPHIS TO NASHVILLE. EVEN TO THEM THAT FEELS PRETTY COMFORTABLE. SO THAT FRONT HAS BEEN BEATING US, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE DAYS AHEAD. STILL A HEAT INDEX OF 100 TO 102 FOR BELLE CHASSE AND LAKEFRONT, EVEN SLIDELL. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE BLUE SUPERMOON TONIGHT AS THAT MOON WILL RISE IN ABOUT AN HOUR AT 712 IN THE EAST. BEAUTIFUL VIEW HERE FOR US. IT WILL BE THE SUPERMOON BECAUSE IT'S THE THIRD FULL MOON OF THE SUMMER. THAT'S THE QUALIFICATION. AND THEN THE SUPERMOON BECAUSE IT COMES PRETTY CLOSE IN ITS AREA. TEMPERATURE TREND ON EARTH IN THE 90S. AND WATCH IT CONTINUE TO DROP. I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEWS BREAK THAT THE AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE SEASON DROPPED FROM 92 TO 91 OVER THE WEEKEND. HUMIDITY TRACKER: DEW POINTS IN THE 60S BUT NEED TO GET BACK OVER THE END. THEY'LL BE BACK BY SATURDAY, BUT LOOK AT WHAT THE LOWER DEW POINTS ARE DOING. SOME OF THESE HEAT INDICES ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES AND IT'S BEEN WEEKS SINCE WE HAVE HAD THAT FRONT PASSED THROUGH. IT'S DROPPED MORE IN THIS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, THE CORE OF THE HEAT IS STILL WEST OF US. BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN AROUND THIS HEAT BUBBLE AREA? CAN YOU INSTALL SOME SYSTEMS TO BRING THE CHANCE OF RAIN BACK? TOMORROW EARLY 73, ABOUT 77 SOUTH SHORE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE DAY. A LITTLE LESS HUMID OR EVEN GO OUT TO WORK. NO WORRIES HERE. FROM A CHANCE OF RAIN, SUNNY SKIES THROUGH AND THROUGH. LOOK AT IT HERE, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A 10% CHANCE. 94, 95, 96, HERE WE GO. IT'S STILL HOT. I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT DEW POINTS IN THE 60S WILL MAKE THIS SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. COME INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING HERE, AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MORE OF THE SAME. A CLOSE TO ZERO CHANCE OF RAIN, 95 AS A HIGH RIGHT THERE. 9496 MAYBE MORE OR NO, BUT THOSE DEW POINTS ARE STILL PRETTY COMFORTABLE. AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT TEN DEGREES LESS. THAT'S A LOT OF WATER WE'VE REMOVED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. SO THAT'S THE HEAT BUBBLE, AND BY ABOUT THE WEEKEND, SYSTEMS WILL START ROLLING THROUGH. THIS WILL INCREASE THE HUMIDITY AND BRING WITH IT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED STORMS. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST TYPICAL THINGS WE MAY FIND HERE AS WE HEAD INTO LATE SUMMER. HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR ERNESTO, STILL A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE. TOMORROW MORNING IT LOSES ITS TROPICAL DEFINITION, BUT THE GOOD NEWS HERE IN THE BIGGER PICTURE: THERE IS NO FORECAST YET FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS IN THE ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN OR GULF OF MEXICO. SO ENJOY THE LOWER HUMIDITY DAYS. STILL PRETTY HOT. END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. I HAVE SHOWN YOU THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS COMING BACK, BUT EVEN WITH THE CHANCE OF RAIN, THE HUMIDITY IS INCREASING.

New Orleans police investigate shooting at Elysian Fields

Updated: 9:18 p.m. CDT, August 19, 2024

New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday night in Elysian Fields. Police say at least one man suffered a gunshot wound to the body and was transported by EMS to a local hospital. The shooting occurred in the 600 block of Elysian Fields. No further information has been provided at this time. WDSU will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.

NEW ORLEANS —

New Orleans police are investigating a shooting Monday night at Elysian Fields.

According to police, at least one man suffered a gunshot wound to the body and was taken to a local hospital by emergency services.

The shooting occurred in the 600 block of Elysian Fields.

No further information has been provided so far.

WDSU will continue to provide updates as new information becomes available.