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Man killed while searching for wedding venue

WDSU – The family of a man killed while scouting wedding venues in New Orleans is pleading for answers.

Thomas Rolfes was found dead of a gunshot wound early Saturday morning.

Rolfes' family, who live in St. Louis, Missouri, said he was most recently living in Greenville, South Carolina, working as a project manager for a construction firm. He graduated from Tulane in 2011.

"It is the worst nightmare. I hope we can locate the person who did this and took him from our family," said Julie Rolfes, Thomas' mother.

His family said Rolfes was in New Orleans with his fiancee looking for a wedding venue.