Re: Mother's Day coon shooting on Frenchmen Street NOLA injures at least 19 other coons.

[walt tonne]

On May 13, 5:01 am, "Too_Many_Tools" <too_many_co...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Note that the reports do not identify the perps, just describe
> what they are wearing.  As the shooting occurred in New Orleans,
> this means they were niggers, because only niggers and stupid
> liberals are dumb enough to live in a city built below sea level.
>
> Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
>
> on May 12, 2013 at 3:04 PM, updated May 13, 2013 at 12:12 AM
>
> "I can't tell you what the gunmen looked like. I was busy
> parading." -- Edward Buckner
>
> A Mother's Day second-line shooting on Frenchmen Street in the
> 7th Ward, on Sunday about 1:45 p.m., left 19 people injured,
> according to the latest NOPD numbers. Earlier Sunday afternoon,
> NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas said that about 12 people had
> been injured, but the toll later grew to 19, with the NOPD
> explaining that some victims initially hadn't reported being
> injured and more people continue to come forward.
>
> Police said 10 adult men, seven adult women, a 10-year-old boy
> and a 10-year-old girl were struck by bullets.  Both of the 10-
> year-old victims had graze wounds to the body and were in good
> condition. A man and a woman were reported to be in surgery
> Sunday evening.
>
> The shooting occurred in the 1400 block of Frenchmen Street at
> the intersection of North Villere Street. Immediately after the
> shooting police reported seeing three suspects running from the
> scene. One suspect was seen running on Frenchman toward North
> Claiborne, police said.
>
> NOPD spokeswoman Remi Braden said many of the victims were
> grazed, some by bullets that ricocheted. "At this point, there
> are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-
> threatening," she said in an email.
>
> "But all medical conditions are not known at this time as
> victims were rushed to nearby hospitals," Braden continued.
> "Detectives are conducting interviews, retrieving any
> surveillance video in the area and, of course, collecting all
> evidence. This is an extremely unusual occurrence, and we're
> confident that we will make swift arrests."
>
> Kevin Allman, editor of Gambit Weekly, said one of the
> publication's writers, Deborah Cotton, also known as the blogger
> Big Red Cotton, was shot and was in stable condition after
> undergoing surgery.
>
> Shannon Roberts, 32, was in the Interim LSU Hospital in New
> Orleans on Sunday afternoon and early evening alongside reams of
> other crying and fear-ridden - and at times, angry -  family
> members whose loved ones were injured in the shooting. Roberts
> said she was waiting on a 21-year-old nephew who was shot in the
> arm and stomach, a 37-year-old niece shot in the arm, and a 39-
> year-old cousin shot in the back.
>
> "All innocent bystanders got hit," Roberts said. "When I got the
> call saying they were shot, I wasn't thinking at all, I was just
> shivering and crying... just hoping they be all right.
>
> "The city needs to stop the violence. It's hurting our
> families," Roberts continued.
>
> She said the shooters need to turn themselves in. "Mothers
> should not have to be crying any day no less Mother Day."
>
> Dr. Jeff Elder, director of New Orleans EMS, said that three
> patients brought in were in critical condition and went straight
> to operating rooms. The rest, he said, were in good to serious
> condition and were admitted to the emergency room.
>
> "I know a lot of you have loved ones back there," the nurse told
> them. "We're just now getting them all evaluated.
> "We've had 19 people come in here at one time. We're all staying
> here until you all have what you need. ...We want to get it
> right. ... We are gathering facts as fast as we can. This a
> chaotic situation."
>
> In the waiting room, families tried to console one another. They
> looked to magazines for distraction. They prayed. And, at times,
> they said "Happy Mother's Day."
>
> A NOLA.com | Times-Picayune reporter was participating in the
> Mother's Day second line in the area when the shooting occurred,
> and heard six to seven shots fired.
>
> Serpas said earlier Sunday afternoon that in addition to the
> people injured by gunshots, at least one person was injured in a
> fall during the ensuing commotion. Serpas said three to four
> people were in surgery, but he said at that time that he did not
> know their conditions.
>
> Shermaine Tyler, 32, who lives on Villere Street about a block
> from Frenchmen, was celebrating Mother's Day a block from the
> shooting. Balloons dangled there, and Mother's Day cards were
> spread out for the holiday.
>
> "Me and mom were going to the second line. I told her I didn't
> want to go because there are always shots at a second line,"
> Tyler said. "And the second I heard shots, I heard shots fired,
> we ran outside and one man fell in my lap who had been shot."
>
> She said the man who fell in her lap had been shot in his groin
> area and once in his hand.
>
> "This is all ridiculous. We all bleed the same blood. We all
> come from the same God," Tyler said. "Everyone is getting shot,
> and for what?"
>
> While Serpas said there were about 300 to 400 people
> participating in the Mother's Day second line, about 200 people
> apparently were in the area at the time of the shooting. Serpas
> said about 10 NOPD officers were spread throughout the second
> line. He said three people were seen running from the shooting
> scene.
>
> "Obviously, this is an unusual circumstance," Serpas said. "We
> have second lines that occur in this city virtually every week
> at this time of the year."
>
> Serpas added, "We can tell you without a doubt that we will find
> these guys. We will bring them into custody and make them pay
> for the crimes they committed today."
>
> Also on Villere, a 59-year-old woman who didn't want to publicly
> give her name said she was inside her home, about to go outside
> to see the parade, when she heard shots ring out.
>
> She said that from her porch she saw hundreds of people
> scattering, running.
>
> "It's sad that people can't gather together and celebrate," she
> said. "You don't just go into a crowd and fire into a group of
> innocent people."
>
> Adriana Stewart, who lives in the area, marched in the second
> line.
>
> "This was my first time taking my kids to the second line,"
> Stewart said. "It is not fair to the mother or the kids. It is
> just ridiculous."
>
> Stewart said the second liners were throwing teddy bears and
> candy to revelers who had lined up to watch.
>
> Serpas said the three gunmen likely worked together, and at
> least two different weapons were used. One of the suspects is
> described as a man between 18 and 22 years old with short hair
> and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, Serpas said.
>
> The New Orleans coroner said no fatalities have been reported
> from the shooting.
>
> The Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club organized the
> second line and has held it on Mother's Day since 2001,
> according to Edward Buckner, the club's president. The parade
> started Sunday about 1 p.m. at the Original Big 7's home at 1825
> Elysian Fields Ave.
>
> Buckner said the parade was started "to celebrate the women of
> America in New Orleans for the hard time that they have taking
> care of children, taking care of everyone."
>
> "I can't tell you what the gunmen looked like. I was busy
> parading. So, you know, I didn't see it coming," Buckner said.
> "Everyone was just busy having a good time.
>
> "My feelings are hurt for the victims, and the club sends our
> sympathies and we hope that each of the families know that we
> wish them a speedy recovery," Buckner said. "We hope that the
> people who were shot don't stop being fans of the Big 7, because
> it wasn't anything that they did or the club did, it was just a
> random act of violence.
>
> "It's not because of the associated pleasure clubs that this
> type of terrorist act happens. That's not the type of crowd that
> follow us. We have people as old as 70, and as young as 5" years
> old who parade, said Buckner, adding that a shooting had never
> occurred at their Mother's Day second line before.
>
> At the Interim LSU Hospital, one mother, who identified herself
> only as "Peaches", said her 38-year-old son was shot twice in
> the chest.
>
> "We are living in the last days," said Peaches, 55, who did not
> want to give her full name. "They killing everybody. Something
> need to be done.
>
> "Maybe they need to get the army down here like they did after
> Katrina," she later continued. "...It's praying time."
>
> Crimestoppers has doubled its standard $2,500 reward to $5,000
> for information about this crime. In addition, the federal
> Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau has added $5,000 to that
> reward, bringing the total to $10,000. Anyone with information
> is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.
>
> http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/05/mothers_day_second-
> line_shooti.html

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