A man killed in a Little Woods apartment this week was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office Wednesday as 34-year-old Covontea Exnicious.

At around 3:30 a.m., police received a call about a suicide in the 7000 block of Lawrence Road. Police found Exnicious suffering from a gunshot wound and later determined his death was a homicide.

The shooting occurred at the Willows Apartments in New Orleans East, WDSU reported.

Joshua Badon , 32, was quickly detained for questioning and arrested on a count of second-degree murder later that day.

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