An otherwise peaceful Mardi Gras season was marred by violence late Sunday when a dozen shots rang out And in 2015, two men were killed in a parade shooting near Erato Street and St. Charles. The intersection where the shooting happened is located along the route for several Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, including the Krewe of Muses that would have been rolling at or just before A shooting Sunday night along a Mardi Gras parade route in New The incident on the Bacchus parade route occurred at around 9:30 p.m. local time at the intersection of St. Charles Ave. and The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. near St. Charles Avenue and Terpsichore Street where a large crowd lined the street enjoying the Mardi Gras festivities. Prior to the shooting, witnesses Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the culmination of Carnival season, which officially begins each year on Jan. 6, the 12th day after Christmas, and closes with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. 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. An otherwise peaceful Mardi Gras season was marred by violence late Sunday when a dozen shots rang out on St. Charles Avenue route during the +3 5 shot along Uptown parade route as Bacchus The City of Saint Charles is hosting a family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration in Frenchtown! Join us for the Parade on Second Street at 11:00 AM followed by the After Party featuring live music, food, vendors, kids activities and more in the Foundry Art Centre Parking Lot. An attorney for the man accused of fatally shooting a fellow parade-goer along St. Charles Avenue during this year's Mardi Gras said Friday that his client's family was under attack at the time of Mardi Gras shooting victim Ivan Williams, 22, is seen in a recent photo holding his daughter. Williams was shot Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, along the St. Charles Avenue parade route. He died Friday. 2025 St. Charles Parish Mardi Gras Parade Schedule. Please note: Dates & Times are subject to change. This schedule is based on currently available information. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on St. Charles Avenue near Terpsichore Street. (Staff photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD In honor of Mardi Gras, Tim Ezell, John Pertzborn, and Blair Ledet attempt to create a King Cake inside of an air fryer BBB: Finding the right wedding vendors Interviews / Feb 27, 2025 / 12:41 PM CST New Orleans officials have faced scathing criticism and multiple lawsuits in the aftermath of the Jan. 1 attack, with the city and its police department accused of ignoring warnings about security The Blake Hotel New Orleans is located on the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Poydras where all of the Uptown New Orleans Mardi Gras parades pass. Our property has a huge balcony on the second floor with a great view of the parades. We also will have viewing stands in front of the hotel to be on the street and up close to all the action. Our spacious rooms offer a place you can call home Gunshots brought one of New Orleans’ major Mardi Gras parades to an update a day after a shooting killed one man and injured four other people, including a 4-year-old child, along the 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 A no parking on the parade route sign on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans is still covered in beads one week past Mardi Gras. Author: Nigell Moses / WWL Louisiana Published: 5:49 PM CST February In 2009, seven people, including a toddler, were injured in a Mardi Gras Day shooting near St. Charles and Second Street. Three shootings occurred along the city's Mardi Gras parade routes in a PHOTOS: New Orleans police respond to fatal shooting along Mardi Gras parade route Police officers block the scene of a shooting that occured during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans
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