Five people were shot at a Mardi Gras parade Sunday night, including one person who died, New Orleans police said.
Police at scene of shooting along route of Krewe of Bacchus Mardi Gras parade on night of Feb. 19, 2023.Five people were shot at a Mardi Gras parade Sunday night and one died, New Orleans police said. One person was detained at the scene in connection with the gunfire.They said officers on patrol at the parade heard shots ring out and found five victims when they got to the scene -- three males and two females. One was a juvenile, police said.The others were said to be in stable condition.
"This is really not something we wanted to see," said Ganthier."We really wanted this to be a safe Mardi Gras."An eyewitness told WWL there were at least a dozen shots and people were falling all over themselves trying to get out of the way, leaving everything they had behind them. The eyewitness said there were several skirmishes that officers broke up before the shooting in the vicinity of where the gunfire happened.Stacey Morigeau was in the area when an incident occurred along the uptown parade route during Bacchus.
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