Police: Shots fired during New Orleans parade, no injuries
Posted February 7, 2016 11:55 pm.
Last Updated February 8, 2016 12:40 am.
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NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans police say shots were fired along a Mardi Gras parade route but no one was injured.
Police spokesman Frank Robertson says the gunfire rang out just after 9 p.m. Sunday along the Bacchus parade route on St. Charles Avenue.
Robertson says a suspect or suspects may have escaped into the crowd and a search is underway.
Officers found a handgun in the area.
TV station WBRZ reports the parade was paused for several minutes.