Pineville man dies in shooting late Tuesday in Alexandria, police say

Melissa Gregory, Alexandria Town Talk
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The Alexandria Police Department is investigating multiple incidents of gun violence that happened over the holiday weekend, including one death on New Year's Eve.

A Pineville man died in a shooting late Tuesday, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The department got a call about 11:50 p.m. about a red Toyota sedan that went off the road into some woods in the 4600 block of Futrell Street in Alexandria, the department said in a news release.

Futrell Street is between Tulane Avenue and Hudson Boulevard.

Officers found the car near the woods and, near it, 18-year-old Kevin Hammond Jr., who had been shot multiple times, police said. The car also had been hit by bullets.

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The release does not state whether Hammond died at the scene or at a hospital.

Numerous shell casings were found around the area by detectives, but there are no suspects in the homicide as of Wednesday morning, according to police.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call the department's Detective Division at 318-441-6416.

This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Police: No suspects in fatal Alexandria shooting on Futrell Street