A man is in custody after one person was killed and four others – including a 4-year-old girl – were injured in a shooting Sunday night along a Mardi Gras parade route ahead of the city’s FRANKLINTON, La. (WVUE) - A shooting following the Pepe Mardi Gras Parade in Franklinton left five people injured Sunday night (March 2), authorities said. New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 486-6161; Police work the scene of a shooting at the Krewe of Bacchus parade on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Five people were shot, including a young girl, during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, police said, and a suspect was in custody. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The NOPD is searching for a suspect involved in a triple shooting just feet away from the French Quarter as the city wrapped up its Mardi Gras celebrations Tuesday (Feb. 12 A shooting Sunday night at a parade route in New Orleans, Louisiana, left one person dead and four others wounded. (WVUE) Three of the five victims were men, along with a woman and a young girl. 1 killed and 4 injured in New Orleans shooting 01:51 Five people were shot at a Mardi Gras parade Sunday night and one died, New Orleans police said. One person was detained at the scene in 1 person was killed and 4 were injured in a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans Sunday night, local police said. One person is dead and four others injured after a shooting unfolded toward the end of the route of Sunday's Krewe of Bacchus parade, one of the largest of Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, police In what police are calling "an isolated incident," five people, including a 4-year-old girl, were shot near a parade in New Orleans on Sunday during the lead-up to Mardi Gras.. The shooting, along New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michelle Woodfork gave media outlets an update a day after a shooting killed one man and injured four other people, including a 4-year-old child, along Five people were shot Sunday night during the Krewe of Bacchus parade on the busiest weekend of the Mardi Gras season, New Orleans police said. One of the victims died overnight. One man was killed and four others were injured when a gunman started shooting near the St. Charles Avenue Carnival parade route in New Orleans on Sunday.The Police work the scene of a shooting at the Krewe of Bacchus parade on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Five people were shot, including a young girl, during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, police said Two people were killed and 14 others injured in mass shootings that occurred over the weekend during the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans and at a nightclub in Memphis, police said. FRANKLINTON, La. — Authorities in Franklinton have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting that injured five people following the Pepe Mardi Gras parade on Sunday. Police said New Orleans police say the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in front of the Hoshun restaurant, just steps from where a large crowd lined the street enjoying the Mardi Gras festivities. In New Orleans, some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits, roving the city to sing, dance, drum and perform. The tradition, a central part of the Black Carnival experience in New Orleans since at least the late 1800s, is believed to have started in part as a way to pay homage to area Native Americans The shooting occurred at about 9.30pm on the 1600 block of Terpsichore St along the St Charles Avenue Carnival parade route, the New Orleans Police Department said in a statement. Five people were shot Sunday night during the Krewe of Bacchus parade on the busiest weekend of the Mardi Gras season, New Orleans police said. One of the victims died overnight. Longtime resident Kristie Bowerman, 49, said Sunday night marked the third time she has witnessed a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade. She described the scene as "mass chaos."
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