Shreveport shooting: At least 6 injured as gunmen jump out of car and open fire on pedestrians
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA: Multiple gunmen jumped out of a car and injured at least 6 people after they started firing at the pedestrians on a busy street in Shreveport, Louisiana on Saturday, March 25. The vicious attack unfolded at around 1.45 am when the shooters emerged from a silver sedan on Market Street, which is one of the city's busiest streets and began to shoot randomly at nearby pedestrians.
Three men and three women were among the six victims who were injured during the shootout, police said. Two of them are critically injured, reports KTBS. A possible suspect vehicle was located in North Shreveport after a brief pursuit and one person is reportedly in custody.
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Second shooting in Shreveport
The news comes following a similar incident that took place around 11.pm on Friday, March 24, that left at least seven people injured. In that instance, a group of people having a cookout in a residential neighborhood was suddenly hit by gunfire from an unknown source. The authorities are currently probing if the two incidents are somehow related to each other.
Back to back #MassShootings in Shreveport, LA, but with no fatalities
— National Conservative (@NatCon2022) March 25, 2023
7 shot on Logan Street yesterday during drive-by shooting on a cookout
6 short one mile away today. Black males exited vehicle and opened fire on a crowd in downtown area
What did the authorities say?
The mayor and police chief said they were contacting outside agencies including federal and state law enforcement for assistance in the investigation. “It is safe to say that the persons responsible for this crime do not care about their victims, do not care about downtown, and do not care about our city,” the city’s Downtown Development Authority said in a statement according to New York Post. “They are the outliers in a city filled with many more good people than bad. The Downtown Development Authority stands with police and other partners to employ whatever means are available to bring any responsible parties to justice. Meanwhile, we will continue our work to make downtown a place filled with art, events, business, and opportunities. We refuse to let the bad people win.”
Louisiana witnessed a mass shooting in January
MEWWW previously reported that as many as 12 people were shot inside a nightclub on Bennington Avenue on early January 22, 2023, and rushed to the hospital. At around 1.30 am, a gunshot was heard inside the Dior Bar and Lounge at 4619 Bennington Avenue close to College Drive, according to police spokesman Sgt L'Jean McKneely Jr. The Advocate reported that five victims were taken to the hospital by Greater Baton Rouge Emergency Services, with injuries ranging from critical to stable, an EMS representative confirmed. Private vehicles carried the additional seven victims to the hospital.
