NEW ORLEANS — A teenager was killed and four others were injured in a mass shooting at the Krewe of Bacchus Parade in New Orleans on Sunday night, police said.
The slain victim, an unidentified boy between 15 and 18 years old, died from his injuries at the hospital, New Orleans police said at a news conference Monday.
A suspect, 21-year-old Mansour Mbodj, was arrested"moments after shots were fired" around 9:30 p.m., police said. "I couldn't see, but I was hearing them," Lafleur told ABC News of the gunshots."It was a continuous loud noise that kept going off. And when I saw people coming from the other side, running across the street, like, in front of the float to us and I saw their faces with pure horror, that's when I realized something's not right. This must be a shooting."
Longtime resident Kristie Bowerman, 49, said Sunday night marked the third time she has witnessed a shooting at a Mardi Gras parade. She described the scene as"mass chaos."
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