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PostSubject: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 12:01 am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19.
The shooting - described by the FBI as a flare-up of street violence - shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest row houses not far from the French Quarter. Cell phone video taken in the aftermath of the shooting shows victims lying on the ground, blood on the pavement and others bending over to comfort them.
At least three of the victims were seriously wounded. Of the rest, many were grazed and authorities said that overall most wounds were not life threatening. No deaths were reported.
The victims included 10 men, seven women, a boy and a girl. The children, both 10 years old, were grazed and in good condition.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu urged witnesses to come forward with information during a news conference Sunday night at a hospital where gunshot victims were taken.
"These kinds of incidents will not go unanswered. Somebody knows something. The way to stop this violence is for you all to help," he said.
Mary Beth Romig, a spokeswoman for the FBI in New Orleans, said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism.
"It's strictly an act of street violence in New Orleans," she said.
As many as 400 people came out for the second-line procession - a boisterous New Orleans tradition - though only half that many were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, said Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas. Officers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events.
Police saw three suspects running from the scene. No arrests had been made as of early evening.
Outside the hospital on Sunday night, Leonard Temple became teary as he talked about a friend who was in surgery after being shot three times during the parade. Temple was told the man was hit while trying to push his own daughter out of the way.
"People were just hanging out. We were just chilling. And this happened. Bad things always happen to good people," said Temple, who was at the parade but didn't see the shootings.
In the late afternoon, the scene was taped off and police had placed bullet casing markers in at least 10 spots.
Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. They can be planned events or impromptu offshoots of other celebrations. They trace their origins to the city's famous jazz funerals.
A social club called The Original Big 7 organized Sunday's event. The group was founded in 1996 at the Saint Bernard housing projects, according to its MySpace page.
The neighborhood where the shooting happened is a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the 7th Ward's population was about 60 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina level.
The crime scene was about 1.5 miles from the heart of the French Quarter and near the Treme neighborhood, which has been the centerpiece for the HBO TV series "Treme."
Sunday's violence comes at a time when the city is struggling to pay for tens of millions of dollars required under a federal consent decree to reform the police department and the city jail.
Shootings at parades and neighborhood celebrations have become more common in recent years as the city has struggled with street crime. Earlier this year, four people were shot following an argument in the French Quarter during the last weekend of partying before Mardi Gras. The victims survived, and several suspects were eventually arrested.
Police vowed to make swift arrests. Serpas said it wasn't clear if particular people in the second line were targeted, or if the shots were fired at random.
"We'll get them. We have good resources in this neighborhood," Serpas said.


http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/22229137/nopd-12-hurt-at-new-orleans-parade-shooting
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PostSubject: Re: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 12:04 am

Why would anyone do that? *shakes head* Terrible. This kind of stuff makes me angry.
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PostSubject: Re: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 12:07 am

I know just what you mean Raven
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PostSubject: Re: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 1:28 am

Dang. I wonder if Captain Black has any info about this. He's in New Orleans.
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PostSubject: Re: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 2:38 am

Captain Black posted a video about this.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-971430
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PostSubject: Re: 19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids   19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids I_icon_minitimeMon May 13, 2013 2:40 am

Also here's another page where it's posted and where I can post an embed.

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