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.
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A police spokeswoman, Remi Braden, said that many of the victims had been grazed by bullets and that most of the wounds were not life-threatening. Police Superintendent Ronal W. Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl had been grazed in the shooting but that she was in good condition.
Officers were interspersed with marchers, which is routine for such events. As many as 400 people joined in the procession, which stretched for about three blocks, though only about 200 were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, which occurred around 2 p.m., Mr. Serpas said.
Police officers saw three suspects running from the scene. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.
Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned, and they are sometimes described as moving block parties.
The parade took place in the Seventh Ward, a neighborhood with a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses.
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A police spokeswoman, Remi Braden, said that many of the victims had been grazed by bullets and that most of the wounds were not life-threatening. Police Superintendent Ronal W. Serpas told reporters that a 10-year-old girl had been grazed in the shooting but that she was in good condition.
Officers were interspersed with marchers, which is routine for such events. As many as 400 people joined in the procession, which stretched for about three blocks, though only about 200 were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting, which occurred around 2 p.m., Mr. Serpas said.
Police officers saw three suspects running from the scene. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.
Second-line parades are loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned, and they are sometimes described as moving block parties.
The parade took place in the Seventh Ward, a neighborhood with a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses.