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New Orleans Mother's Day parade hit by shooting | New Orleans Mother's Day parade hit by shooting |
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Nineteen people have been wounded in a shooting at a Mother's Day parade in the US city of New Orleans, police say. | |
The victims included two children who were grazed by bullets. Police say most injuries are not life-threatening, | |
It is unclear what sparked the shooting in the city's 7th Ward on Sunday afternoon. Police say three suspects were seen fleeing the area. | |
The incident happened at about 14:00 (19:00 GMT) at the intersection of Frenchmen and Villere streets. | The incident happened at about 14:00 (19:00 GMT) at the intersection of Frenchmen and Villere streets. |
"Shots were fired with different guns," a police statement said. | |
"Immediately after the shooting our officers saw three suspects running from the scene." | |
The statement said 10 men, seven women, a 10-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were wounded by gunfire. | |
The shooting happened at what is known as a second-line parade - an impromptu community procession in which people dance down the street behind the official parade. | |
About 200 people were in the area at the time. | |
"It appears that these two or three people, just for a reason unknown to us, started shooting at, towards, or in the crowd," Police Supt Ronal Serpas told reporters earlier. | |
"It was over in just a couple of seconds." | "It was over in just a couple of seconds." |
The BBC's Jane Little in Washington says New Orleans has a high rate of gun crime. | |
The area where the shooting happened is a poor neighbourhood that is still recovering from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she adds. | |
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