Two separate shootings alongside a parade route in New Orleans, a metropolis within the US state of Louisiana, on Monday, left two individuals useless and 9 others injured, in keeping with a press launch by New Orleans Police Division. The incidents occurred throughout a “second line” celebration within the St Roch neighborhood.
“There are two completely different scenes right here. There are two completely different capturing occasions. They’re 45 minutes aside from one another,” superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick stated in a information convention, CNN reported.
The primary capturing befell shortly after 3:30 pm (native time) on an avenue within the space, the place officers discovered eight victims affected by gunshot wounds. All had been transported to hospitals for remedy, the New Orleans Police Division stated within the information launch.
About 45 minutes later, one other report of gunfire got here in from the identical avenue, roughly one kilometer to the north. One individual was pronounced useless on the scene, whereas one other succumbed to accidents at a hospital. A 3rd sufferer was transported to a hospital and is at the moment in secure situation.
The shootings occurred within the midst of the “second line” festivities, that are conventional celebratory parades in New Orleans.
