NEW ORLEANS –
New Orleans police have been investigating after two folks have been killed and 9 others have been wounded in two separate shootings Sunday alongside a parade route, authorities stated.
Officers responding to reviews of gunfire shortly after 3:30 p.m. alongside an avenue within the St. Roch neighborhood discovered eight victims with gunshot wounds, in line with a information launch from the New Orleans Police Division. All eight have been hospitalized in unknown situation.
About 45 minutes later, police obtained one other report of gunfire on the identical avenue, about half a mile (.8 km) to the north. One particular person died on the scene and one other died at a hospital, the information launch stated. A 3rd sufferer was pushed to a hospital in a personal automobile and is in secure situation, police stated.
The shootings occurred within the space the place a “second line,” a celebration following a parade, was going down, officers stated.
No arrests have been introduced.
