At Least 2 Dead, 10 Injured in Shootings at New Orleans Parade

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At least two people were killed and 10 others were injured in two shootings during a parade in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon, according to local police.

FILE PHOTO: The New Orleans Police department said the two attacks occurred 45 minutes apart.

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Basic Information

The two shootings occurred 45 minutes apart during the second-line parade, a popular style of parade in New Orleans featuring live music by marching bands that draws thousands of people along the route.

Accordingly The first shooting was reported around 3:38 p.m., and officers found eight victims with gunshot wounds at the scene and were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, the New Orleans Police Department said in a statement. ninth victim “We reached a local hospital by private vehicle.”

NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick he told reporters At the press conference involving a car, “shots were fired into the crowd” and the victims at the initial scene are all alive.

The second incident occurred 45 minutes after the first shooting, and officers pronounced one person dead at the scene, while a second person was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital.

Police say a third victim is also being treated at a hospital and their condition is currently stable.

Kirkpatrick said the second attack took place on a bridge along the parade route, and “since no cars could have been on the bridge, we know the attack occurred in the crowd.”

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Important Quote

“I was saddened to learn of this senseless mass shooting in New Orleans this afternoon. I pray for the victims and their families. Such lawlessness will not be tolerated. “I hope the perpetrators will soon be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. said in x. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry He also expressed his condolences and wrote: “The violence must end.”

Big Number

462. The total number of mass shootings reported across the U.S. so far this year is According to scout study by the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. According to the group, an incident in which “at least four victims, excluding the shooter, are shot, injured or killed” is classified as a mass shooting.

What we don’t know

Police have not released any details about the victims and no arrests or suspect information have been released. Police said it was unclear whether the two shootings were related because the department’s investigation into the shooting was “in its early stages and ongoing.”