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Twelve people are being treated for gunshot wounds following a shootout at a second line parade on Mother’s Day in New Orleans. The youngest victim in the surprise attack was 10 years old, according to a local resident.
Over 300 people were participating in the residential festival, on Frenchmen Street, in the east of the city, when several shots were fired. The incident occurred around 2pm local time on Sunday.
Nine people were immediately taken to University Hospital by emergency responders, eight of whom had gunshot wounds, according to local channel WWLTV. One more was injured in an attempt to escape from the shooting.
No fatalities have been confirmed, but four are in a critical condition.
Police confirmed the number of casualties stood at 12 following some discrepancies in initial hospital reports, suggesting that between five and 11 may have been injured.
“The shots just started ringing out, and everybody just started running, and the next thing I heard, 10-15 people got shot,” one witness told local station WDSU.
Police believe three suspects were responsible for the gunfire, who were seen fleeing towards Claiborne Avenue. A door-to-door search is being conducted in the hopes of tracing one or more of them.
“The parade was only about two or three blocks long, and when the end of the second line was at the corner of Villere and Frenchmen, shots rang out – maybe two different types of weapons,” NOPD Superintendent Ronald Serpas told WDSU.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by Senduko
Interesting story. sorry the thread was dumped on by a "there's already a thread on this" troll.
Originally posted by mrbeardo42
During a "DRILL", once again.
Originally posted by mrbeardo42
During a "DRILL", once again.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by caladonea
i guess its a matter of opinion. Especially when there is a mere 2 second difference in posting.
just another line of comment to try to add something in to the thread....like this:
Man, a 10 year old? Whatever is going on seems to be contrived, and is now hitting home by hitting the kids.
Originally posted by Hefficide
Originally posted by mrbeardo42
During a "DRILL", once again.
Do you have a source for this? At all? Or is this attempted meme creation?
Originally posted by Rikku
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
caledonia is the nicest person in the world. be nice or you'll have me to deal with.
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