shooting broke out at 2411 Elysian Fields Ave.

Gunshot wounds to the chest have left a 28-year-old man in critical condition this morning, a spokesman for the city's Emergency Medical Services said.According to the New Orleans Police Department, the shooting broke out at 2411 Elysian Fields Ave. before 6:27 a.m.Shortly thereafter, paramedics arrived and transported the victim to University Hospital's trauma center, where he was listed in serious condition, said EMS spokesman Jeb Tate.NOPD has released no other details.At the scene, a crime scene technician placed ankle-high, bright yellow cones usually used to mark evidence around several items in front of a gas station, which sits between the Carnival Club video poker truck stop and a Lowe's home improvement store. Several people sat on buckets and on the hoods of cars as they watched the technician place the cones by a black T-shirt, a black pair of shoes and a pair of blue jeans before snapping several pictures.A pair of men in the Lowe's parking lot, who spoke Spanish and said they were waiting to get picked up for work, said they had pulled up and parked in time to see the man lying down on the sidewalk before an ambulance took him away.

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