17 people injured in shooting at New Orleans music video shoot

Her 14-year-old daughter was hit once in the knee and five times in her backside.

Landrieu said he was proud to see the youngster, suffering from a bullet wound, wanting to serve his country when other young people seem intent on tearing it apart.

Police announced Monday that they had captured the gunman.

Alvin Campbell waited until all was quiet to come out of his house Sunday. To their astonishment two men started to shoot at random. The shooting was not related to the event, police said.

Adamson describes it as a family crowd with a lot of parents and children, many of them picnicking.

Gamble says the video was being made without a permit to use the park. Mayor Mitch Landrieu said late Sunday in comments aired by WWL-TV that people need to come forward with information so that police can do their job.

Police said eleven of the victims were under the age of 21.

“One of the victims may never walk again”, Landrieu said Monday.

About 500 people were gathered at Bunny Friend Park in the Upper Ninth Ward for the filming of a music video when the shooting erupted about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Police are combing through the neighborhood, securing any surveillance video of the incident that may reveal the identities of the shooters. Police spokesman Tyler Gamble says police were on their way to…

“This is an infuriating circumstance where there are people in this city who continue to threaten the lives of innocent folks that are around and the community really has to stand up and demand that it’s going to stop”.

Two groups began shooting at each other and then immediately ran from the scene, witnesses told police.

Police on Monday sought to determine what touched off a wild shootout in a crowd of hundreds of people at a New Orleans playground, where an evening of fun at a block party swiftly turned into a nightmare. A music video was also being filmed there.