NEW ORLEANS (AP May 13, 2013) — New Orleans police say they’ve obtained video showing a possible suspect in the shooting that wounded 19 people at a Mother’s Day parade.
The surveillance video shows the crowd dispersing and some falling to the ground before one person in a white T-shirt and dark pants runs away from the crowd. The image of the man isn’t clear but police say they hope someone will recognize him.
Police say they have posted still pictures of the suspect on YouTube.
Police also say the reward for information leading to arrests and indictments in the case is $10,000
Previously…
NEW ORLEANS (AP May 12, 2013) — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, police said.
Police spokeswoman Remi Braden said in an email that many of the 17 victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren’t life-threatening. No deaths were reported.
Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl was grazed in the shooting around 2 p.m. She was in good condition. He said three or four people were in surgery, but he didn’t have their conditions.
Offiicers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. As many as 400 people joined in the procession that stretched for about 3 blocks, though only half that many were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, Serpas said.
Police saw three suspects running from the scene in the city’s 7th Ward neighborhood. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.
Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned and are sometimes described as moving block parties.
A social club called The Original Big 7 organized Sunday’s event. The group was founded in 1996 at the Saint Bernard housing projects, according to its MySpace page.
The neighborhood where the shooting happened was a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the neighborhood’s population was about 60 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina level.
Police vowed to make swift arrests.
“We’ll get them. We have good resources in this neighborhood,” Serpas said.












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