By Associated Press - Sunday, April 13, 2014

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say a 23-year-old man was killed and a 22-year-old woman critically injured in unrelated shootings that also wounded two other men and a 1-year-old girl.

Police say a drive-by shooting in the 7th Ward shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday killed the man, seriously wounding two other men and grazing the toddler. Police say they were sitting on a porch. All three men were hit in the body. A bullet grazed the girl’s leg.

Police say the 23-year-old was taken to a hospital by private vehicle. The others, 32 and 24 years old, were brought by ambulance and reported in stable condition.

About 11:30 p.m. Saturday and four miles away in Central City, a 22-year-old woman was shot in the head. Police say she’s in critical condition.

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