Landrieu called the shooting “domestic terrorism”, adding that one victim may never walk again.
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New Orleans police Commander Chris Goodley, speaking in a video clip posted by the New Orleans “Times-Picayune” website, said the crowd at the park remained “orderly” after the shooting.
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Police said on Sunday night that ten of the victims were taken to hospitals by ambulance, said police, and another six were transported in private vehicles.
Outside University Medical Center, Kawandra Hayney said she had been driving two or three blocks from the playground with her daughter when people ran by shooting. Robertson says police also are still working on a breakdown by age and sex.
“We are not getting as many calls as I would like to see”, Cusanza said, noting her frustration, given there were hundreds of witnesses.
A spokeswoman said the city was reviewing its letter and had no comment.
The staffing levels mean police are not able to do the community policing that is necessary to build bonds with citizens and get a sense of tensions building up before violence erupts, Sharf said.
People await transport to a hospital after a shooting in New Orleans. The initial 16 people reported as injured suffered either a “direct gunshot wound” or a “graze wound” and had all been listed in stable condition.
Large stadium lights lit up the park Sunday as police continued to analyze the crime scene.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu is calling on people with knowledge of the shooting to help police. Police are trying to identify for the gunmen.
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The Sunday night shootout happened as hundreds of people – possibly as many as 500 – gathered at the Bunny Friend Playground in what police described as a block party. Two groups pulled out weapons and started firing, police said. Gamble said that neither the block party nor the music video had a permit. That’s the result, he has said, of hard choices made after he inherited an $80 million budget deficit in 2010.
