Man shot to death on Violet street early Sunday; Investigators working on leads

A Violet man was shot to death on a Violet street early Sunday morning and investigators are working on leads, St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Broderick Parker, 27, was shot several times about 6:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Licciardi Lane and was later pronounced dead at University Hospital in New Orleans, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

It was the first murder in St. Bernard Parish in more than a year, which was in October 2013.

Sheriff Pohlmann said detectives are working on leads. No arrest has been made.