On August 14, 2023, at approximately 3:30 a.m., New Orleans Police Department officers responded to a medical emergency call at the intersection of Banks and South Broad Streets in the Mid-City neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered 44-year-old Joseph Pitts, Sr., unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office later identified the victim as Joseph Pitts, Sr. This incident marked the eighth homicide in the Mid-City
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