About half an hour after police and the mayor shut down the Mardi Gras party in the French Quarter, there was a shooting about half a mile away.
"The NOPD is investigating a shooting that occurred in the 200 block of Loyola Ave.," Public Relations Specialist Karen Boudrie said in a news release.
She says a female victim was shot.
"EMS transported her to a local hospital for treatment."
Witnesses say the woman was at a bus stop when she was shot.
There was no word on her condition and no information released about any suspects.