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 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 Sunny skies and unusually warm weather fueled the street party fervor in New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday — the annual, ebullient climax of Carnival season, marked 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. New Orleans police say Mardi Gras parade shooting was "an isolated incident" 14:01. Police officers work at the scene of a shooting that occurred during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New 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 Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S Anyone with information is urged to contact the New Orleans Police Department's Sixth District at 504-658-6060, or anonymously call CrimeStoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111. Report a 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 One person was killed and four were injured after a shooting unfolded at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Interim Superintendent Michelle Woodfork says there were "no issues until this incident 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 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) A man accused of shooting three people during the last moments of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans was arrested in Georgia, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick announced Monday. But this year, Johnson, a New Orleans-area native, did not know what to expect during Mardi Gras. Only two months ago, a driver raced a rented Ford F-150 truck down several crowded blocks of Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran investigators say was inspired by the ISIS terrorist group. 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. The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said it is sending 200 deputies to help patrol Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and the Louisiana State Police said it will deploy another 150 troopers to New Orleans to enhance security in the Central Business District, on local highways and in the French Quarter. 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. 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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