Two men were shot and one was killed Friday afternoon in west Metairie.

Authorities learned of the violence at about 2:45 p.m. and found the victims wounded in a vehicle near the intersection of South Cumberland and Milan streets, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said. One died there, and the other was sent to a hospital. Investigators withheld the dead man's name while trying to locate his relatives.

Neither a suspect or movtive was immediately identified.

Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the Sheriff's Office homicide section at (504) 364-5300 or call Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans Inc. at (504) 822-1111.

Email Drew Broach at dbroach@theadvocate.com.