Mother's Day Parade Shooting Suspect Caught on Tape

With no investigation, FBI again immediately rules out terrorism.

 

B

 

 

Mother's Day Parade Shooting Suspect Caught on Tape

 

By Jennifer Lai

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/05/13/mother_s_day_parade_shooting_video_new_orleans_police_release_video_of_possible.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

 

A shooting at a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday

has left 19 people injured-and police hunting for three suspects who were

seen running from the scene. Here's Reuters with the sad details from

yesterday:

 

    Ten men, seven woman, a girl and a boy both age 10 were hit when wild

gunfire opened up at about 1:45 p.m. as the parade marched along North

Villere Street, according to police spokesman Garry Flot. Two victims are

undergoing surgery, Flot said in a statement. The children were grazed and

are in good condition, he said. It was unclear if the victims were marching

or bystanders watching the parade.

 

Though no arrests have been made at this time, the FBI has already ruled out

terrorism, describing Sunday's shooting as "strictly an act of street

violence." But it seems that a lot of the details are still missing. Police

still don't know why gunfire broke out at the parade in the first place, or

if the gunmen opened were aiming at someone in the crowd specifically or in

a more random fashion.

 

New Orleans police this morning released video and pictures taken at the

scene that may eventually help answer those questions. The rough

surveillance video shows a crowd-rough estimates put the number of people

near the scene at about 200-suddenly scattering as they appear to flee from

a man who police believe is likely one of the shooters:

 

In a news conference, Mayor Mitch Landrieu called the shooting part of "the

relentless drum beat of violence" on the streets of New Orleans, saying:

"It's a culture of violence that has enveloped the city for a long, long

period of time."

 

==========================================

(F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this

message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to

these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed

within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with

"Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976.

The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The

Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain

permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials

if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting,

teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria

for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies

as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four

criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is

determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not

substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use

copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you

must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

 

THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS

PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS.