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New Orleans Mother's Day shooting: 12 injured New Orleans Mother's Day shooting: 17 injured
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New Orleans police say that a dozen people have been shot during a Mother's Day parade. Police say 17 people have been wounded in a shooting during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday.
Police superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters at least 12 people were shot during the parade. 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.
The Times-Picayune reports there were about 200 people at the event on Sunday afternoon when gunfire erupted. Police superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl grazed by a bullet was among those wounded in the shooting. She was in a good condition. He said three or four people were in surgery, but he didn't have their conditions.
Serpas told reporters the victims include a 10-year-old who sustained a minor wound. WDSU-TV reported that at least four people were in surgery and others had been taken to four local hospitals. Officers were interspersed among the hundreds of marchers – a routine move during what is known as second-line parades, loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band.
Nobody has been arrested and it is unclear what sparked the gunfire.
Police are said to be looking for three people in connection with the attack.
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