A shooter at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans Sunday night killed a man and injured four other people including a child, according to WWL.
An eyewitness claimed at least 12 shots were fired in the incident near the conclusion of the Krewe of Bacchus parade, the outlet reported. A young girl, a woman and three men were brought to the hospital with injuries, but one of the men ultimately died. (RELATED: Two Teenagers Arrested For Wounding 12 People In Mass Shooting)
“We were able to find two weapons on scene and also apprehend what we believe to be the shooter,” New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Deputy Chief Hans Ganthier said, according to WWL. “This is not something we wanted to see. We really wanted to be a safe Mardi Gras and we continue to work toward that end.”
The NOPD sent the Daily Caller News Foundation a press release identifying the arrested suspect as Mansour Mbodj.
Police officers collect evidence at the scene of a shooting that occured during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans, February 19, 2023. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images
New Orleans’ homicide rate outpaced any other city nationwide in the first half of 2022 when population was taken into account, New Orleans’ Metropolitan Crime Commission found, naming it ” the murder capital of the United States,” WDSU reported. NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson retired at the end of 2022, with hundreds of officers having left the department in the past few years, according to the The Associated Press.
Mardi Gras occurs on Tuesday, but events have already been held in New Orleans for more than a month as part of the 2023 parade schedule, according to USA Today.
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