Bacchus parade shooting: New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration leaves four hurt including young girl
FOUR people, including a young girl, were shot at a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade on Sunday night.
The injured individuals have been taken to a nearby hospital in an unknown condition, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
The NOPD Public Affairs Division told The U.S. Sun that one person was initially detained at the scene in connection with the gunfire.
The victims consist of a juvenile girl, an adult woman, and two others who are currently unidentified.
Reporter Jonah Gilmore first posted on Twitter announcing that the NOPD had set up a perimeter around the parade.
He saw a single female being attended to on the ground.
“An officer just confirmed they are working a ‘crime scene’ and ‘people are injured,'” Gilmore wrote.
Gilmore added that first responders moved the woman that was sitting on the ground into a chair.
Officers on the scene could not confirm what happened to the woman, but they did say she was injured.
Police told The U.S. Sun that they received a call about the shooting at roughly 9.30pm.
According to Gilmore, the incident happened as float 22 was passing the area.
Gilmore clarified that the parade came to a complete stop as police officers began working to control the scene.
In video footage posted to his account, police can be seen clearing the area along the uptown parade route.
One officer can be heard giving orders to a large herd of people trying to move through the street.
“Right now we have people going back and forth and that’s not happening,” she said. “This is a crime scene. Go this direction.”
“Witnesses in the area report hearing sounds that sounded like gunshots and then saw crowds of people running from the area,” Gilmore added to the thread.
A spokesperson for NOPD Public Affairs Division told The U.S. Sun that the police department is investigating a shooting at St. Charles Avenue and Terpsichore St.
“Investigators are in the process of gathering information as to the motive and possible suspects in this incident.
“No further information is available at this time,” they added.