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A 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound who showed up at an area hospital Friday morning (July 24) said he was not the intended target of the shotgun blast he said he received hours earlier along a busy stretch of Frenchmen Street, New Orleans police said.

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A 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound who showed up at an area hospital Friday morning (July 24) said he was not the intended target of the shotgun blast he said he received hours earlier along a busy stretch of Frenchmen Street, New Orleans police said.

Police said they received no reports of gunfire at Frenchmen and Chartres streets, an intersection surrounded by restaurants and jazz clubs. But around 2 a.m. Friday is when a blue Chevrolet truck drove up and a passenger -- armed with a shotgun -- got out and started firing at another person, the man told authorities.

The 42-year-old said he was hit by a shotgun blast when the other person ran toward him, police said. Authorities were notified of the shooting when the man arrived at an area hospital around 9:40 a.m., NOPD said.

Anyone with information about this reported shooting should contact NOPD 8th District detectives at 504-658-6080, or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.