Police are questioning witnesses to a shooting that broke out after a Mardi Gras parade in MS, leaving two men dead and injuring four others.
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Shots also were fired on a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade route Sunday night but no one was injured, said police spokesman Frank Robertson. The shooting occurred about two blocks north of the parade route in Pass Christian (kris-TYANH), a coastal city of 5,300 about 45 miles from New Orleans.
The shooting took place some 20 minutes after the last parade float had left, Pass Christian Police Chief Tim Hendricks told the WLOX broadcaster.
Bates’ and Major’s bodies, covered in yellow sheets, lay near her mother’s steps later on.
Thousands of people have converged on the city to see the elaborate parades in recent weeks and catch beads and other trinkets thrown by people on the floats. We thought it was fireworks at first, ‘ Celeste Plaisance told the Sun Herald.
After hearing the shots, she ran to her mother’s house to hide. I had a clear line of sight to a ball field and I saw 150 to 250 people scattering, running as fast as they could. What a great day it had been.
Crime scene tape is up on Davis Avenue near the intersection of Ladnier Street as the investigation continues.
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The police are still at the scene trying to collect evidence and so far, little information has been provided and no arrests have been made.
