Mothers Day Shooting

[Skippy00004]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nopd-12-hurt-new-orleans-parade-shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? 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.

Officers 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.

Police are now conducting door to door searches for suspects.

Story still developing.

[Reaver]

Once again. Here we go.

[WhiteWolfReloaded]

Door to door searches. Hmmm, wonder where they got that idea from?

[hjmoosejaw]

Door to door searches. Hmmm, wonder where they got that idea from?

Yeah, is that gonna be common practice now?

[Deathstyle]

Didn't they do it in Big Bear when they were looking for Christopher Dorner too?


They also didnt find him during their lockdown and he was hiding in the closest cabin to the command center. [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at


I believe it is now the standard operating procedure.

[whatshername]

I thought the comments made on that article were pretty funny if I do say myself...

[Kentactic]

Normalizing the hell out of this...