Mardi Gras Shooting
Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by rubber chicken in Entertainment, News
Two suspects opened fire on a crowd gathered to watch a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans this afternoon. An infant and four others were shot around 1:40 CST near the Garden District after the Rex Parade ended. The shooters, ages 18 and 20, are already in custody, as well as the three weapons believed to have been used.
According to a police spokesperson, the infant was grazed by a bullet but not seriously hurt. The other victims are all recovering in local hospitals.
“Everybody was petrified. They hit the ground, the floats stopped, everybody on the floats ducked,” said Toni Labat, who was there with her two children. She said one man who was shot crawled across the pavement screaming for help and another victim was gasping for breath and bleeding from the mouth.
