FOUR SHOT AT MLK AND LASALLE.
— ProjectNOLA (@projectnola) January 21, 2013
SHOOTING REPORTED AT MLK & LASALLE, INVOLVING 4 GSW VICTIMS…. MAKE THAT 5 VICTIMS, AS A UNIT JUST FOUND… http://t.co/sRroISm5
— ProjectNOLA (@projectnola) January 21, 2013
Now appears to be 5 GSW victims! 3 reportedly found inside a store, and 2 more outside.
— ProjectNOLA (@projectnola) January 21, 2013
Moments before the shooting, ProjectNOLA volunteers were commenting on how thankfully quiet the day had been so far… then this. So sad!
— ProjectNOLA (@projectnola) January 21, 2013
Well, that’s a depressing way to commemorate the MLK holiday. A drive-by gunman reportedly shot 5 teenagers at an intersection in the Central City neighborhood named after Dr. Martin Luther King. A half-hour before the shooting, residents greeted the MLK parade.
NOPD Supt. Ronal Serpas says shortly after 1pm a gunman in a white sedan shot at 5 teenagers in front of a store on MLK.
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) January 21, 2013
Serpas says all five teenagers were hit by gunfire. They were take to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) January 21, 2013
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Serpas and neighbors say young men involved in shooting not listening to MLK message of peace.
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) January 21, 2013
NOPD: All victims from Central City shooting were teenagers; shooting not related to MLK day parade
— Helen Freund (@helenfreund) January 21, 2013
No kidding.
Serpas says the drive by shooting caught on surveillance video.
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) January 21, 2013
New Orleans residents celebrate MLK day, Obama inauguration, by shooting each other http://t.co/HvC41tvS
— Michael McNally (@notoserfdom) January 21, 2013
Where is the national conversation on youth violence?
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