Aaron Anderson, 33, was the father of two children, his obituary states.
A man shot Feb. 11 in the Lower 9th Ward has died from his injuries, the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office said Wednesday (Feb. 21).
Aaron Anderson, 33, was identified by Coroner Dr. Jeffrey Rouse as the man who died of gunshot wounds after he was shot about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 11 — the Sunday before Mardi Gras. The shooting happened in the 2300 block of Caffin Avenue. Rouse ruled the shooting a homicide, his office said Wednesday.
A preliminary New Orleans Police Department report about the shooting states the victim, now identified as Anderson, was inside a vehicle with another person just before the shooting. When Anderson got out the vehicle, the report states, “the subject inside the vehicle shot him.”
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He was taken by EMS to a hospital, where police said he was initially listed in critical condition. It was not immediately clear when Anderson died. The coroner’s office listed his date of death as Feb. 11, but an obituary that ran in Wednesday’s edition of The Times-Picayune says he died Feb. 12 — one day after he was shot.
The obituary, which lists Anderson’s nickname as “BUTTA B.,” says he is survived by two children, three brothers and a sister.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church on Jackson Avenue in Central City with Dennis Funeral Home. Visitation is at 9 a.m. until service time at the church.
