12 people reportedly injured in shooting at New Orleans Mother's Day parade.

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At least 12 shot during Mother’s Day parade in New OrleansTwelve people are being treated for gunshot wounds following a shootout at a second line parade on Mother’s Day in New Orleans. The youngest victim in the surprise attack was 10 years old, according to a local resident

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[shoujokakumei]

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[kaelstra]

What is the deer?

[bushy_brow]

I'm pretty sure that journal is a spambot. They pop up in numerous entries and say little more than MTE to get people to click through and read the advertisements in their journal. The deer pic is new, though.

[kaelstra]

I'm just tired of all these shootings. This is ridiculous.

[chersolly]

[astridmyrna]

Who is this?

[mastadge]

Luke Youngblood portraying the character Magnitude in the show Community.

[astridmyrna]

*wikis*

Oh ffs. What a fucking troll.

[brewsternorth]

More reporting from the inestimable Times-Picayune aka nola.com says the number of injured is now reckoned at 17: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/05/mothers_day_second-line_shooti.html#incart_river
plus some eyewitness comments.
Also, video of NOPD chief Ronal Serpas' presser with more details on this incident:
http://videos.nola.com/times-picayune/2013/05/nopd_chief_ronal_serpas_gives_1.html

[alryssa]

Oh, fuck.

[lizzy_someone]

You know what gets me the most?

A) They shot a little girl on Mother's Day at a Mother's Day parade. That girl's mother is supposed to be honored and celebrated today, and instead she's having a day where her ten-year-old daughter was shot.

And B):

Second-line parades is a local term for loose processions in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. They can be impromptu or planned and are sometimes described as moving block parties.
(http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/12/shooting-new-orleans/2154071/; WARNING: video starts playing automatically)

They shot people who were literally dancing in the street. I feel like Jed Bartlet. "They say we haven't had a storm this bad since you took out that tender ship of mine in the North Atlantic last year. Sixty-eight crew. You know what a tender ship does? Fixes the other ships. It doesn't even carry guns. It just goes around,

[otana]

That girl's mother is supposed to be honored and celebrated today, and instead she's having a day where her ten-year-old daughter was shot.

That is just utterly heartbreaking.