At Least 10 People Shot In New Orleans' French Quarter

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At Least 10 People Shot In New Orleans' French Quarter

December 1, 2019 12:12 PM ET
Jenny Gathright
Updated at 2:17 p.m. ET

Ten people were shot in New Orleans' French Quarter early Sunday morning, according to police. NPR affiliate WWNO (https://www.wwno.org/post/new-orleans-police-say-11-people-shot-canal-street-2-critical-condition) reports that shooting victims were taken to University Medical Center New Orleans and Tulane hospital and that two victims are in critical condition.
Police say the shooting occurred at approximately 3:21 a.m. (https://nopdnews.com/post/november-2019/nopd-investigating-shooting-in-eighth-district/) local time. The police department tweeted Sunday afternoon (https://twitter.com/NOPDNews/status/1201210335824424967) that there were 10 victims in the incident, correcting a previous police statement that said 11 people were injured.
"We do not know how it started," New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson told reporters at the scene early Sunday morning. Ferguson said officers were "right there" on the same block as the shooting when they heard it begin.

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/783969596/at-least-11-people-shot-in-new-orleans-french-quarter

[Zippyjuan]

Probable rival schools getting drunk and fighting escalating.

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_883833a4-142b-11ea-b1d8-f731a9c223b0.html


The mass shooting came at the end of a big night of revelry in and around the French Quarter as tens of thousands of visitors were downtown for the Bayou Classic football game between Grambling State University and Southern University.


Signs of the eventful weekend were all around, with the scene and areas around it littered with food wrappers, beer cans and overflowing trash cans.

On the first day of December, businesses inside the crime tape were decorated for the holidays.

Cassandra Beal tried return to her room at Astor Hotel early Sunday, but the area around the hotel's front entrance was taped off for the investigation.

The Southern University alum had travelled to town for the Bayou Classic, just like she’s done for nearly a decade.

“Every year, this happens,” Beal said. “They need to do better with this area.”


This is the second mass shooting to occur on the weekend of Bayou Classic in recent years. In 2016, two men got into a fight and the resulting gunfire injured nine people and killed Demontris Toliver, a Baton Rouge tattoo artist.

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Probable rival schools getting drunk and fighting escalating.

EM.

That could become a red flag under new 2nd amendment changes being led by MAGA adminsitartion.

[Danke]

When I have been to New Orleans' French Quarter, I see a lot of Nigerian looking folks stirring up trouble.

[jon4liberty]

Lol let's see if those federal red flag laws come about. I keep hearing you say he will put that forward via EO or if Congress gets it to his desk

[Anti Federalist]

When I have been to New Orleans' French Quarter, I see a lot of Nigerian looking folks stirring up trouble.

I've seen nothing of the sort...it's those damn Amish again.

[Anti Globalist]

Here comes more calls for gun control.

[oyarde]

Red flag laws are not for nola drunken gang bangers . They are for you.

[oyarde]

When I have been to New Orleans' French Quarter, I see a lot of Nigerian looking folks stirring up trouble.

I have never been shot it the french quarter at 3 am . Probably because I will not be there .