Neighbors say quintuple shooting on MLK Blvd. is 'embarrassing'
Credit: Paul Murphy
NEW ORLEANS -- Five teenagers were shot in the Central City
neighborhood of New Orleans shortly after Monday's Martin Luther King
Day parade moved passed the area.
Police spent the afternoon collecting evidence and shell casings outside a grocery at Martin Luther King and LaSalle.
Investigators say shortly after 1 p.m., a late model, white, two-door
sedan drove past the store, and a gunman opened fire on a group
teenagers standing on the corner in front of the store.
"So far we know of five injuries," said NOPD Superintendent Ronal
Serpas. "We do not expect that any of those injuries are fatal at this
time."
The shooting is more than a little unsettling for neighbors who
witnessed the crime. Many of them were still outside enjoying the day
after watching the parade which passed by within a half hour of the
shooting.
"I just heard the gunshots, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom," said
Tanile Legendre. "I ran outside and a saw all the kids just scattering.
It must have been just 15 minutes after the parade."
"It's not the first time," said Ashley Stewart. "It's always
something like that going on. It makes us scared and keep your children
locked up inside. Can't even just hang out and talk to your friends, you
know, and sit down and have fun without something like that going on
around here."