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A 45-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in his Central City home on Monday evening, according to a New Orleans Police Department spokesman.
The man was identified as MacArthur Carter by John Gagliano, chief investigator of the Orleans Parish coroner's office. Gagliano said his office is preliminarily treating the death as a homicide, although a definite conclusion will be made after an autopsy today .
Sixth District officers found Carter at 1944 Philip Street while responding to a report of a "male down." He was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS technicians. The case is being investigated by Homicide Detective Harold Wischan.
-Times-Picayune