A man and a woman were shot early Saturday in Bourbon Street after two men opened fire on each other, according to New Orleans police.
The shooting erupted just after 2 a.m. in the Bourbon 100 block, the NOPD said, and an 18-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man who were in the area were hit by bullets and by EMS after ‘ an area taken. hospital for treatment.
A NOPD spokesman said on Saturday morning the two were in a stable condition and their injuries were not life-threatening. The victims were presumably not involved in the argument that caused the shooting, but police said the investigation is ongoing, and they requested someone with information to contact the Eighth District at (504) 658-6080.
The shooting in the French Quarter was the second in or near Bourbon Street in less than a week and the third in less than a month.
A tourist from Oklahoma’s French Quarter allegedly shot a homeless man during an altercation near Bourbon and Governor Nicholls streets on the night of Jan. 18 and then tried to flee his hotel with his mother before police stopped him. arrested.
The 28-year-old Austin Harrison was charged with aggravated battery, unlawful carrying of a firearm and unlawful use of a firearm after being accused of shooting the victim with his father’s .25 caliber pistol. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to his foot. Harrison’s mother was not charged with a crime.
Early on December 27, a shooting took place in the 300 block of Bourbon Street when a victim trying to break into a bar fight was shot in the leg.
In Metairie, a man was found dead in a car in the car in the 3100 block of Houma Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Sheriff’s Office of Jefferson Parish, the delegates responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle in the back parking lot of a business around 12:30 a.m. and found the man inside with at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The NOPD reported a number of other incidents on Saturday.
At 11:21 a.m. Friday, a man was cut on his left side after a man he was arguing with hit him with a box cutter in the 3600 block of Macarthur Blvd.
As of Friday afternoon, there were three cars.
The first was at 16:22 in 900 Wilson Road, when a woman was sitting in her white Toyota Rav4 in 2018 when two suspects approached the vehicle. One jumped into the passenger seat while the other armed with a firearm demanded that the victim leave the vehicle. Suspects fled without further incident.
At 5:24 p.m., two men approached a woman sitting at a blue Infinity QX6 in the 1100 block of Franklin Avenue in 1100. They were armed with handguns and demanded that the woman get out of the vehicle, and she obeyed and they headed west to St. Louis. Claude drove in the direction of Elysian Fields.
And at 8:13 p.m., three men approached a 2001 beige Ford Expedition parked in the 9400 block of Hayne Boulevard and claimed the property of the man and woman inside. They obeyed and the men drove away in the victims’ vehicle on their way east on Hayne.
A man was shot in the 4500 block of Francis Drive at about 5:43 p.m. Friday and was taken to hospital.
Then at 10:17 p.m., during a physical altercation, a woman cut the face of a juvenile with an unknown object in Treasure Street and Oliver White Avenue.
On Saturday at 2:02 a.m., a woman had her wallet ripped off in the 2100 Block of Cobblestone Lane. Police later located and arrested Christopher Horton, 49, police said.
In the ensuing hours, there were two more knives, police said.
On Saturday at 04:03 there was a knife in the 10100 block of Dwyer Road, although no other details were released. At 4:54 a.m., a woman in the 9300 block of Chef Menteur Highway was approached by an unknown assailant and stabbed several times. The suspect fled in an unknown direction and the victim was taken to the hospital by the EMS.
On Saturday at 06:10 there was an armed robbery in the 500 block of Rampart Street, although the NOPD did not release any other information.