Monday 28 November 2016

New Orleans shooting on Bourbon Street leaves one dead and nine injured




One killed and nine injured in a shooting on Bourbon street which is a very historic French quarter of New Orleans. Police said that the shooter opened fire at 1:40 local time on Sunday at the corner of Bourbon and Iberville street, victims were 8 men and 2 women all between the age of 20 and 37. Two men had been arrested on firearms charges, and place are still investigating what motivated the shooting. 

Police said that the Bourbon area, had increased police presence as there was an annual college football game taking place the night before at a nearby stadium, New Orleans police department said that they had made eight other firearm arrest over the last 24 hours, This is now the second mass shooting in less than three years.

I choose this story as it is an ongoing problem in the US that firearms are legal, i also thought that this story is interesting that it isn't a main story, it could be down to the fact that it happens all the time in the US, linking back to my first point about it being an ongoing problem.

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