Mardi Gras Shooting - Six Injured - Two Suspects Arrested

February 24, 2009

New Orleans Mardi Gras Marred By Shooting of Six, including Toddler

Killings will not succeed when hurricane could not

By Jeffrey Jolson

NEW ORLEANS (Hollywood Today/RushPRNews) 2/24/09- - Mardi Gras, the one New Orealans tradition that even a hurricane can’t kill, was almost stopped today by a heinous crime. Police say an infant and four other people have been injured in a shooting along a Mardi Gras parade route.
Even a devastating hurricane never stopped Mardi Gras, in a town that believes in hope, prayers to a dozen religions, but it almost happened today. The town has always been crime-ridden, but kept it’s keel during Mardi Gras.

New Orleans police spokesman Bob Young says the shootings were reported near the Garden District about 1:40 p.m. after the last major parade of the celebration had ended. Truck floats that follow the Rex parade were going by when gunfire broke out.

Two suspects are in custody and three weapons believed used in the shooting have been recovered, according to AP.

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