Police are pictured at the scene of a shooting along the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Feb. 19, 2023. (Credit: WVUE-TV) NEW ORLEANS - One person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, authorities said.A suspect was also in custody, according to police.The victims included a young girl, a woman, and three men, who were all taken to a hospital after Sunday night's shooting during the Krewe of Bacchus parade.
One of the male victims was later pronounced dead, the New Orleans Police Department said. The remaining four victims were listed in "stable condition," the department added.One person was detained at the scene, police said."We were quickly able to apprehend the suspect we believe responsible for this," Chief Deputy Hans Ganthier told WWL-TV.He said two guns were recovered, but he wasn't sure whether anyone else was involved.A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting that killed a Temple University police officer in the line of duty near the school's campus Saturday night, sources tell FOX 29.
Police say the officer was trying to intervene in a carjacking in the area of 18th Street and Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia when he was shot."This is really not something we wanted to see," Ganthier said. "We really wanted this to be a safe Mardi Gras."The superkrewe of Bacchus was temporarily halted in the 1500 block of St.
Charles Avenue after the shooting. An officer said that the parade would resume to "get out of the way" of the crime scene..