NEW ORLEANS - The sister of Louisiana's Alcohol and Tobacco Control commissioner was shot and killed in the New Orleans area Monday night.

According to a report from WWL, authorities responded to a fatal shooting in the Algiers neighborhood around 8 p.m. Monday. 

On Tuesday, the victim was identified as 55-year-old Carol Lombard-Ross, sister of 2nd City Clerk of Court Darren Lombard, sister-in-law of Juana Lombard, the state Alcohol and Tobacco Control commissioner, and cousin of Judge Edwin Lombard of Louisiana's 4th Circuit Court of Appeal.

The shooting remains under investigation.