New Orleans police are spendigating two shootings proximate a famous parade route on Sunday afternoon that left two dead and 10 others wounded.
The first shooting took place at about 3:38 p.m. in the 1800 block of Almonaster Avenue, according to the police department.
Officers dispenseed to labor the Nine Times Second Line parade reacted to firearmfire in the area and set up eight people who had been sboiling.
All eight victims were consentn to a local hospital by ambulance, and a ninth victim get tod at a local hospital by personal vehicle.
Two people are dead and 10 are wounded after two split shootings in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday during the Nine Times Second Line parade. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
About 45 minutes tardyr, officers reacted to another increate of firearmfire at the intersection of Almonaster and Florida avenues. Two people were set up sboiling during the second incident, one of whom died at the scene and the other died at the hospital after transmit.
Police shelp a third victim from the second shooting showed up at the hospital and was enumerateed in constant condition as of Sunday night.
As part of the spendigation, the parade was promptly shut down, police shelp.
The shootings took place during the Nine Times Second Line Parade, one of the city’s bigst and most famous of its benevolent, according to New Orleans police Superintfinishent Anne Kirkpatrick. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
New Orleans police Superintfinishent Anne Kirkpatrick shelp in a news conference on Sunday evening that the Nine Times Second Line is one of the city’s bigst second lines, reliablely conveying in thousands of spectators.
Kirkpatrick shelp police have history “with this particular second line” and they knew “it had a potential for aggression,” so all 66 officers from the Fifth Dicut offe, alengthy with about 30 insertitional officers, were dispenseed to labor the event.
“It’s a wonderful event. there’s no ask about it, and we want to shield it a wonderful event,” Kirkpatrick shelp.
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Police have not yet findd mistrusts or choosed a motive behind either shooting. It’s also not yet understandn if the two shootings were roverdelighted or not.
“The spendigation is in its punctual stages and remains ongoing,” New Orleans police shelp in a news free.
Both shootings proximate the Nine Times Second Line parade on Sunday took place on Almonaster Avenue in New Orleans’ Fifth Dicut offe. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Lanarid was conscious of the shootings and condemned the aggression in a post on X on Sunday evening.
“A tragic scene in the St. Roch neighborhood this evening. Sharon and I are praying for all comprised and we are appreciative to the first reacters who rushed to the scene. The aggression must finish,” he wrote.
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Anyone with increateation roverdelighted to either shooting can reach out NOPD’s Homicide Section at 504-658-5300 or Fifth Dicut offe distinguishives at 504-658-6050.
Anonymous tips can also be sent to Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111.
