Saturday’s shooting was at least the second of its kind this year on Bourbon Street, New Orleans’ most notorious hotspot for adult entertainment. On March 21, two men were shot, one fatally, not far away near the intersection of Bourbon and Conti streets.
On June 29, 2014, two men opened fire on each other in the 700 block of Bourbon about 2:45 a.m., wounding 10 revelers and tourists but not each other. A 21-year-old nursing student from Hammond later died. One man remains in jail in the shooting, awaiting trial; the second shooter remains unidentified.
The latest incident occurred as the French Quarter and especially Bourbon Street were crowded with fans in town for Saturday’s Bayou Classic football game. Police presence on the street was also high, with 25 New Orleans Police Department officers and 15 state troopers assigned to Bourbon’s 10 or fewer entertainment-oriented blocks. The NOPD’s mounted division supplied an additional 15 officers, assisted by eight Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on horseback.
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