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    Mass Shooting Reported in Louisiana and 6 people hit with bullets

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    Shooting in Louisiana injures six as gunmen fire into crowd: cops
    By Joshua Rhett MillerApril 19, 2021 | 11:01am | Updated
    Video shows aftermath of a drive-by shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana










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    Six people were shot in Louisiana late Sunday, police said, marking at least the third multiple shooting within 24 hours in the US.

    The six victims in Shreveport were wounded amid reports of traffic congestion on the 3800 block of Hearne Avenue, where drivers typically cruise on Sundays, police said.

    Cops responded and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was rushed to a hospital and remains in critical condition, police said early Monday.

    Five other victims then showed up later Sunday at the same hospital, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, after being taken there by private means. All five of those victims had non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

    Detectives responded to the hospital and the shooting scene and interviewed multiple witnesses, police said.

    ?According to witnesses and the victims, they were in a crowd congregating at the Raceway fuel station near this location when multiple unknown black male suspects walked up and began firing several gunshots into the crowd,? police said in a statement to The Post.

    Investigators are working Monday to identify the suspects involved. Assistant Police Chief Joey Bartlett said the gunfire erupted following a backup of traffic in the four-lane roadway. Investigators were planning on reviewing surveillance cameras from local businesses to find out exactly what prompted the shooting, Bartlett said.

    ?It was a pretty intense scene,? he said.

    All of the victims are believed to be under the age of 30, Bartlett said.

    Police were still processing the area early Monday.

    ?We?ll be continuing the investigation this morning,? Bartlett said.

    The shooting marked at least the third instance of multiple people being wounded in one incident on Sunday.

    Three people were killed earlier in the day in Austin, Texas, where a former sheriff?s detective allegedly gunned down his wife, teen daughter and the girl?s boyfriend.

    And in Wisconsin, three people died and another three were injured earlier Sunday at the Somers House Tavern in Kenosha County. The suspect had been asked to leave and opened fire after returning, authorities said.

    Six people were also wounded in a shooting Saturday at a child?s birthday party in LaPlace, Louisiana, authorities said.

    Holy Shit but not shocking in the USA.

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    https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/mass-...ty-in-laplace/

    LAPLACE, La. — St. John the Baptist Sheriff’s Office is investigating a mass shooting event that left six people injured last night during a 12-year-old child’s birthday party in LaPlace, La.

    At approximately 8:30 p.m., SJSO officers responded to the 600 block of Golfview Drive in reference to shots fired in the area.

    Upon arrival, officers learned multiple people were shot when verbal confrontations during a child’s birthday party led to gunfire.

    As of this Sunday morning, the SJSO is not aware of any fatalities related to the incident.

    No one has been arrested at this time.

    More information will be announced as it becomes available.

    https://www.ksla.com/2021/04/18/shoo...port-hospital/

    Apparently they are looking for more than 1 guy in this mass shooting

    SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — A shooting Sunday night (April 18) in Shreveport left six people injured, police say.

    It happened just before 9 p.m. in the 3800 block of Hearne Avenue. Police say responding officers found a man there who had been shot multiple times in his upper body. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

    Not long after, SPD got another call that five other people had been taken to a hospital in a private car after being shot. They all sustained non-life-threatening injuries to their lower bodies, police say. They are all expected to make full recoveries.

    Police say multiple shell casings were found and numerous witnesses were interviewed. According to witnesses and the victims, the victims were standing in a crowd of people at the Raceway gas station on Hearne Avenue when multiple unknown Black male suspects walked up and started firing into the crowd.

    KSLA has obtained surveillance footage from two nearby areas in which dozens of gunshots can be heard ringing out.

    The suspects have not yet been identified. The investigation is ongoing.

    Authorities urge anyone with any information about the shooting to call Shreveport police at 318-673-7300, or contact Shreveport-Caddo Crime Stoppers by calling 318-673-7373, visiting the group’s website or using the P3 Tips app to submit information anonymously.

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    https://www.ksla.com/2021/04/19/shre...-gun-injuries/

    . SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A mass shooting is defined as four or more people (excluding the gunman) being injured or killed in an incident. So far in 2021, Shreveport has seen three mass shootings, the most of any city in Louisiana.

    In an average year in Louisiana, more than 500 people are killed with firearms, which is the second highest rate of gun deaths in the country, according to everytown.org. Louisiana also has the highest rate of gun injuries from assaults and police shootings of any state in the U.S. That information comes from the CDC.

    From 2016 to 2020, Louisiana averaged 19 mass shootings per year, says gunviolencearchive.org. During that same time period, Shreveport saw an average of two mass shootings per year, with a total of four people killed and 48 injured.

    So far in 2021, the State of Louisiana has experienced 11 mass shootings; Shreveport has more than any other city in the state. Baton Rouge and New Orleans each have two so far. In Shreveport’s mass shootings so far in 2021, two people have died and 14 have been injured, according to gunviolencearchive.org.

    MASS SHOOTINGS IN SHREVEPORT IN 2021

    Jan. 3 - 2 men dead, 3 injured in Sunday morning shooting
    Feb. 28 - Drive-by shooting critically wounds 5 in Shreveport
    April 18 - 6 injured in Shreveport shooting after multiple men reportedly fired into crowd

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