NEW ORLEANS —

Sources with knowledge of the situation told WWL Louisiana the teenager was Lizzell Palma, and on Friday, the coroner's office identified the teen as Palma.

Palma was an honor roll student at Walter L Cohen High School, slated to graduate in 2027, according to a statement from the charter Collegiate Academies.

Although NOPD is classifying it as a homicide, neighbors have painted a slightly different picture — a murder-suicide. One neighbor, who requested to remain anonymous, tells us she witnessed the entire incident. She says the man was lurking in the neighborhood, pacing back and forth for nearly an hour before walking up to the girl and pulling a gun on her. They say the man then turned the gun on himself.

"He just been out here walking back and forth, back and forth,

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