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NEW ORLEANS, LA — A man walking out to his car in New Orleans East shot a 16-year-old early Tuesday after one of two juveniles climbing out of the vehicle pointed a gun at him, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

The shooting happened shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in the 6300 block of Morrison Road in the Pines Village neighborhood, as reported by WVUE.

The man told police he was walking to his car when he saw the passenger door standing open and two juveniles climbing out of it, according to the NOPD. One of them pointed a gun at him.

He drew his own firearm. He fired. One of the two was hit.

Both juveniles ran from the scene on foot. Officers apprehended them a short time later, police said. The wounded 16-year-old was shot in the buttock and taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition has not been disclosed.

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By his account, the gun was already up and on him before his hand ever reached his own. That is drawing from the drop. Pressing a trigger on a gun that is already pointed will always be faster than drawing and then pressing a trigger, and no amount of range time rewrites that math. The only real answer is seeing the problem early enough that you are never standing in that spot.

The wound location deserves a straight word. A round that lands in the buttock can mean the person was turned away when it hit. The NOPD account does not say the juveniles were running when the man fired, and it does not break the sequence down any finer than a gun pointed at him and a shot that followed. No charging decision against the man who fired has been announced. People move fast in an exchange that lasts a second or two, and one wound location is not a timeline.