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 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 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 police investigating three people shot near French Quarter after Mardi Gras. Police say the shooting happened at the corner of Royal and Canal Street around 12:20 a.m. 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 The New Orleans Police Department reports that the shooting happened at about 12:23 a.m. on Wednesday at the intersection of Canal Street and Royal Street. Thousands of Mardi Gras revelers were 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. 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 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." 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. Mardi Gras shooting: 1 killed, 4 injured, including child, at New Orleans parade. Shooting at Mardi Gras parade sent attendees running, witness said 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 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 NBC News. New Orleans boosts Mardi Gras security measures to historic levels. Posted: March 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 3, 2025. With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security 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. Mardi Gras New Orleans police say parade shooting suspect faces second-degree murder count The NOPD is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call Crimestoppers of Greater New NEW ORLEANS — Almost everyone has their perfect spot to take in the full majesty of Mardi Gras parades here, from the brightly lit floats from which riders toss bounties of colorful beads to the Gunshots brought one of New Orleans’ major Mardi Gras parades to a halt late Sunday night, with one dead and four hospitalized, according to New Orleans police. Among those shot was a 4-year 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.
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