Just after Christmas night came to a close in the Lower Ninth Ward, bullets were flying. Six teenagers were struck.
"Members of the New Orleans Police Department’s Homicide Section are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old male, 19-year-old female, and the shooting of a 17-year-old female, 18-year-old female, and two 18-year-old males," Officer Reese Harper said in a news release.
It happened around 12:30am in the 2000 block of St. Maurice Street.
"Officers responded to a call of a shooting, and upon their arrival, officers located four victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to their bodies. Emergency Medical Technicians pronounced the 19-year-old male and 19-year-old female dead on scene."
Harper says the two 18-year-old males were transported to a local hospital via Emergency Medical Services.
The 17-year-old female and 18-year-old female had already been taken to the hospital by someone else.
"Homicide detectives are in the process of gathering information to identify the person(s) responsible for the Homicide and a motive."
