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New Orleans Mother's Day shooting: 17 injured New Orleans Mother's Day shooting: 17 injured
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Police say 17 people have been wounded in a shooting during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday. Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighbourhood parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people.
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 spokeswoman Remi Braden said that many of the 17 victims were grazed and most of the wounds were not life-threatening. No deaths were reported.
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. Police superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl was grazed in the shooting but she was in a good condition. He said three or four people were in surgery, but he did not have details of their conditions.
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. As many as 400 people joined in the procession that stretched for about three blocks in what is known as a second-line parade, a loose procession 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.
Officers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. Only about half the participants were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, Serpas said.
Police saw three suspects running from the scene. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.
A social club called The Original Big 7 organised Sunday's event. The group was founded in 1996 at a housing project, according to its MySpace page.
The neighbourhood where the shooting happened was a mix of low-income and middle-class houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the neighbourhood's population was about 60% of its level before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005.
Police vowed to make swift arrests. "We'll get them. We have good resources in this neighbourhood," Serpas said.
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