2 Dead In Mardi Gras Shooting
Two people were shot and killed in New Orleans during a Mardi Gras parade.
The shooting comes as officials have stepped up efforts to fight violent crime in the city. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu commended the police department for acting swiftly to apprehend the suspect, identified as John Hicks, 19 [pictured]…
One of the victims, 21-year-old Peter Dabney, died from a gunshot to the chest shortly after being rushed to a hospital. The second victim, a 22-year-old man, was shot in the neck and died hours later, the department said. His name has not yet been released.
Officers on the scene chased the suspect, took him into custody and recovered a gun that they saw him throw, police said.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Mike February 14th, 2015 at 10:51 am
They’ll have a mint on his pillow at Angola.
Anomaly 100 February 14th, 2015 at 11:55 am
New Orleans is a very violent city. I grew up there.
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 1:23 pm
i was born and raised there, it hasn’t always been that way. on fat tuesday, as a child, we’d all get up very early in the morning and set up under i-10 at claiborne, and have tables set up with food, with countless other families, and wait for the zulu parade to start. it was so much safer back then. there were no gangs. my uncle (because it was the only day of the year) would take all us kids into the bars, we didn’t drink, but as kids it was always exciting to see what went on in there. our favorite thing to do was play the juke box. i haven’t lived there since ’95, and you couldn’t pay me to move back.
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 1:23 pm
i was born and raised there, it hasn’t always been that way. on fat tuesday, as a child, we’d all get up very early in the morning and set up under i-10 at claiborne, and have tables set up with food, with countless other families, and wait for the zulu parade to start. it was so much safer back then. there were no gangs. my uncle (because it was the only day of the year) would take all us kids into the bars, we didn’t drink, but as kids it was always exciting to see what went on in there. our favorite thing to do was play the juke box. i haven’t lived there since ’95, and you couldn’t pay me to move back.
Anomaly 100 February 14th, 2015 at 1:27 pm
Remember how crazy Fortier high school was?
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 1:51 pm
i grew up in the east, not far from gentilly its not the same anymore either. and yeah, i remember fortier high school, but that was uptown, so i only heard bits.
Anomaly 100 February 14th, 2015 at 3:28 pm
That was my high school. I was awful back in the day.
Carver sounds familiar. I’m old and my memory sucks:-)
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 8:10 pm
lol. i went to abramson sr. high. it was a great school when i attended. from 79 to 83. i went back a few years after katrina to see what damage was done, it was completely GONE. heartbreaking. we were the only school in new orleans to have the platoon system. 9th and 10 graders went from 12;45 to 5:45 and 11th and 12th graders, from 6:45 to 11:45a.m. loved it.
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 1:59 pm
remember carver high school. that was a terrible school. that school was for those who lived in and around the desire projects. dangerous.
Candide Thirtythree February 14th, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Me too, but I am moving. I love the city but the politics is horrendous.
Dirk Prophet February 15th, 2015 at 1:26 am
I grew up there but am moving back to Covington. I have lived all over but I miss the cultural desolation.
burqa February 15th, 2015 at 3:01 am
Sometime I’d like to talk to you about New Orleans. A childhood friend of mine became a writer for the newspaper there. I visited once, had a blast and have always wanted to return.
I’ve always wondered whether that fantastic aquarium there survived Katrina.
Yes, New Orleans has long had a high murder rate and the political corruption is no secret. Now up in Washington, D.C., the corruption under Marion Barry was entertaining. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse it would and was so awful as to be amusing. Then after he left people figured there was no way it could be so bad again but, sure enough, it did, but has not been nearly as much fun.
I would hope that if the corruption is going to be bad down there, that it at least be entertaining….
Anomaly 100 February 15th, 2015 at 9:26 am
I’m not sure if it’s still as bad, but I remember how corrupt the police force was. 60 Minutes did a show on it once, and revealed how some police officers were actually being hired as hit men.
rg9rts February 14th, 2015 at 1:01 pm
What a dope
whatthe46 February 14th, 2015 at 1:23 pm
a-hole.