At least 16 hospitalized in New Orleans playground shooting

[brooklynite]

Source: USA Today

At least 16 people were hospitalized in New Orleans Sunday evening, following a shooting during a party at a city park, authorities said.

The shooting broke out at Bunny Friend playground in the Upper Ninth Ward where about 500 people were gathered at the playground to shoot a music video, according to New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison.

That event followed the Nine Times Second Line parade, which took place earlier a block or two from the shooting scene, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.

Witnesses told WWL-TV that at least two gunmen fired into the crowd.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/22/new-orleans-park-shooting-second-line/76239788/

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Has the Gungeon PR team weighed in yet?

Guess not.....

[TreasonousBastard]

3. No reason to-- we already know that...

if any, or preferably all, of the other 500 or so people there were armed, the problem would have been solved.

[hack89]

6. What's there to say?

An historically violent city with a huge gang problem and a corrupt police force.

[Skittles]

7. they do weigh in quickly for penis analogies though

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[uppityperson]

2. Here's NOLA link, local newspaper that other media are pulling off of. Times Picayune

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/11/more_details_gunfire_erupts_at.html#incart_breaking

[potone]

4. Not again!

Look at how few responses are here. Obama is right: we are becoming numb to this.

[valerief]

5. Was it them damn Syrian refugees? Or just "good guys" with their gawd-given arms?

[hack89]

8. I vote for option three: criminals with their illegal weapons. nt

[KeepItReal]

9. 16 Americans shot & wounded by other Americans? Nothing to see here.

CNN is going on about Belgium being on lockdown...French manhunt for Paris attackers...a suicide bombing in Nigeria...Mali attack death toll...landslide in a Jade mine...

"Now back to Paris"

Those were CNN's topics as of 9:35 PDT.

[woodsprite]

10. Twenty years ago, I went to New Orleans for a conference.

We took one evening and went to The House of Blues. My coworker said I didn't need to worry about our personal safety walking down Bourbon Street since he was packing. We didn't realize at the time, but they were having a fundraiser for kids/families affected by gun violence. One of the families they were raising money for was a family where a couple of members were hit by stray bullets because someone thought 'celebrating' New Years meant go out and shoot your guns in the air.

I came back from that trip with a whole new attitude re: guns.