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Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:08 pm
by Medino
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NEW ORLEANS – An infant and at least five other people were shot Tuesday along a parade route packed with Mardi Gras revelers, police said. Two suspects were in custody and the victims were recovering.
Beau Beals, 45, said he was outside a house party on St. Charles Avenue when the shooting erupted. He said he and other revelers tossed children over a metal fence to get them to safety, but others kept waiting for beads and other trinkets being tossed from the floats as if nothing had happened.
"They had an ambulance out here picking the guy up off the street and people didn't stop vying for throws," Beals said.
The people still acting like nothing happened astounds me. I hope they at least moved out of the way for the ambulance.
Re: Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:18 pm
by Oldgringo
NOLA is not called "The Big Easy" for nothin', Beaudreau.
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Re: Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:43 am
by gregthehand
FYI firearms are illegal at parades in Louisiana.....
Re: Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:49 am
by Purplehood
Mob mentality. Psychologists state that in large groups of people we commonly devolve to the state of the stupidest in the crowd. Though how one figures that out is beyond me.
Re: Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:34 pm
by cowboymd
Medino wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_ ... s_shooting
NEW ORLEANS – An infant and at least five other people were shot Tuesday along a parade route packed with Mardi Gras revelers, police said. Two suspects were in custody and the victims were recovering.
Beau Beals, 45, said he was outside a house party on St. Charles Avenue when the shooting erupted. He said he and other revelers tossed children over a metal fence to get them to safety, but others kept waiting for beads and other trinkets being tossed from the floats as if nothing had happened.
"They had an ambulance out here picking the guy up off the street and people didn't stop vying for throws," Beals said.
The people still acting like nothing happened astounds me. I hope they at least moved out of the way for the ambulance.
Re: Infant, 5 others shot near Mardi Gras parade route
by Purplehood » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:49 am
Mob mentality. Psychologists state that in large groups of people we commonly devolve to the state of the stupidest in the crowd. Though how one figures that out is beyond me.
Bushmaster AR-15
Glock Model 22 & 27
HK P2000SK
XD40
Life NRA
USMC 76-93
USAR 99-07 (Retired)
OEF 06-07
That's a pretty fair example of it, if you ask me.