A man and a woman were shot on Bourbon Street earlier on Saturday after two men opened fire on each other, according to New Orleans police.
Firearm shots rang out shortly after 2 am on Bourbon Block 100, the NOPD said, and an 18-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man in the area were hit by bullets and taken by EMS to a hospital area. for treatment.
A NOPD spokesman said Saturday morning that the two were in stable condition and that their injuries were not fatal. The victims would not have been involved in the discussion that precipitated the shooting, but the police said the investigation was ongoing and asked anyone with information to contact the Eighth District at (504) 658-6080.
The shooting in the French Quarter was the second on 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 argument near Bourbon and Governor Nicholls streets on the evening of January 18, and then tried to escape the hotel with his mother before the police arrested him, officials said. .
Austin Harrison, 28, was charged with serious assault, illegal possession of a weapon and illegal use of a weapon after being accused of shooting the victim with his father’s 25-caliber pistol, the NOPD wrote in the District Criminal Court records. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the foot. Harrison’s mother was not charged with a crime.
At the beginning of December 27, there was a shooting at block 300 on Bourbon Street, when a victim trying to stop a bar fight was shot in the leg.
In Metairie, a man was found shot to death in a car at block 3,100 on Houma Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said officers responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle in the back parking lot of a company at around 12:30 pm and found the man inside with at least one gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
NOPD reported several other incidents on Saturday.
At 11:21 am on Friday morning, a man was cut off on his left side after a man he was arguing with came up against him with a stylus at Block 3600 on Macarthur Blvd.
As of Friday afternoon, there were three car thefts.
The first was at 4:22 pm on Block 900 of Wilson Drive, when a woman was sitting inside her Toyota Rav4 White 2018 when two suspects approached the vehicle. One jumped into the passenger seat, while the other armed with a firearm demanded that the victim get out of the vehicle. The suspects fled without further incident.
Then, at 5:24 pm, two men approached a woman sitting in front of gas stations in a blue 2019 Infinity QX6 at Block 1100 on Franklin Avenue. They were armed with revolvers and demanded that the woman get out of the vehicle and she obeyed and they drove west on St. Claude towards the Champs Elysées.
And at 8:13 pm, three men approached a 2001 beige Ford Expedition parked at block 9400 on Hayne Boulevard and demanded the ownership of the man and woman inside. They obeyed and the men accelerated in the victims’ vehicle heading east on Hayne.
At about 5:43 pm on Friday, a man was shot at block 4500 on Francis Drive and taken to the hospital.
Then, at 10:17 pm, a woman cut a young man’s face with an unknown object on Treasure Street and Oliver White Avenue during a physical fight.
At 2:02 am on Saturday, a woman had her purse stolen on Block 2100 on Cobblestone Lane. Police later located and arrested Christopher Horton, 49, the police said.
In the hours that followed, there were two more stabbings, police said.
At 4:03 am on Saturday, there was a stabbing at block 10100 on Dwyer Road, although no further details were released. At 4:54 am, a woman was approached by an unknown assailant on block 9300 on the Chef Menteur highway and stabbed several times. The suspect fled in an unknown direction and the victim was taken to hospital by EMS.
At 6:10 am on Saturday, there was an armed robbery at block 500 on Rampart Street, although the NOPD did not release any other information.