16 injured in New Orleans playground shooting: police
Sixteen people were injured in New Orleans late
Sunday when gunshots rang out during a melee
at a city playground where hundreds had
gathered to film a music video, police said.
The injuries in the city’s Ninth Ward
neighborhood were from gunshots as
well as other unspecified causes, the
city’s mayor and police chief said during
a press conference near the scene of the
violence.
They said police had been on their way
to disband the impromptu gathering,
which was not permitted, when two or
more suspects — for unknown reasons —
began shooting in the crowd.
Police chief Michael Harrison, who told
reporters that the wounded were taken
to three area hospitals, issued an urgent
appeal for witnesses to come forward.
“This is a classic case where we need
citizens’ help,” Harrison said.
“People know who did this, people were
out here. We need them to come forward
and tell us who did this so that we can
bring them to justice,” the police chief
said.
“Innocent people were shot tonight.
We’re not going to stand for it.”
New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu
expressed outrage over the disregard for
life shown by the shooters.
“This is an infuriating circumstance…
that people in this city continue to
threaten the lives of innocent folks that
are around,” Landrieu said.
“It’s just insane to put the lives of this
many innocent people at risk,” he said.
“It’s completely unnecessary and it’s got
to stop.”
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