5 Teens Killed In Shooting On New Orleans Street; Most Violent Crime Reported Since Katrina
Source: abcnews.go.com
June 17, 2006 Author: By CAIN BURDEAU
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - Five people ranging in age from 16 to 19 were killed in a street shooting early Saturday, the most violent crime reported in this slowly repopulating city since Hurricane Katrina hit last August.
All were believed to have been gunned down in a volley of bullets on a street in the Central City neighborhood just outside the central business district. Three of the victims were found in a sport utility vehicle rammed against a utility pole and two were found nearby on the street.
Authorities said they were looking for one or more suspects but did not elaborate.
Capt. John Bryson said police think the shootings were either drug-related or some type of retaliation attack. A semiautomatic weapon was used and "multiple, multiple rounds" were fired, he said.
"I think the motivation we're looking at is pretty obvious," he said. "Somebody wanted them dead."
Bryson said he could not remember the last time this many people were killed in once incident before or after Katrina. "I can't remember five," he said.
Four of the victims a 16-year-old, a 17-year-old and two 19-year-olds died at the scene. Another 19-year-old, believed to be the brother of the youngest victim, died later at a hospital, police said.
There was no immediate word if any of the victims had been armed. Their identities were not immediately released.
Terrance Rayly, 23, who was staying in a home nearby, said he heard the shots after getting in from a music club.
"It was like 15 gun shots," he said. "I heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop."
The shooting left many people feeling unsafe in the poor Central City neighborhood where people sat on porches and discussed the incident Saturday.
"Lord, this is like the sixth person killed around here in the last month," said Monique Jackson, a 27-year-old housekeeper who lives around the corner from the crime scene. "It's getting bad now."
She added: "I don't want to ever hear about a murder ever again. It's just young people doing it to each other."
Crime, including murder, has been creeping back after Katrina emptied the city of its residents when it hit on Aug. 29, flooding 80 percent of New Orleans. Current population estimates vary but the city is believed to have less than half its pre-storm population of about 455,000.
So far, 52 people have been murdered in the city since Jan. 1, half the number of murders at this time last year, Bryson said.
There were only 17 killings in January through March. But the rate picked up after that there were 13 in April alone, followed by 22 in May and June, including Saturday's killings.
Bryson said the recent spike in murders, which he said was connected to drugs, was not just a "police problem" or a "New Orleans problem."
"It's a Louisiana problem, it's a United States problem," he said. "We're begging the citizens to join with us to coordinate with watch groups."
5 SOMALI BANTU TEENS KILLED SHOOTING IN JOWHAR? !!!!!!!!!!!!
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1 Killed, 10 Injured in Kansas City Knights of Columbus Shooting
Source: FOXNews.com
July 23, 2006
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — One person was killed and 10 others were hurt, three of them critically, in a shooting outside a Knights of Columbus hall early Sunday, police said.
An officer was handling an accident around 1 a.m. when he heard several shots fired near where several hundred people were leaving a party at the hall in south Kansas City. The victims were discovered after the people and vehicles cleared the area, police said in a news release.
A man in his 20s was found dead in a parking lot adjacent to the hall, police said.
Three other victims suffered life-threatening injuries. They included a 17-year-old shot in the chest, a 24-year-old shot in the neck and a 20-year-old shot in the head.
The seven others were being treated at area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Police were trying to find the shooter.
Phone messages left for the Knights of Columbus hall were not immediately returned.
Source: FOXNews.com
July 23, 2006
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — One person was killed and 10 others were hurt, three of them critically, in a shooting outside a Knights of Columbus hall early Sunday, police said.
An officer was handling an accident around 1 a.m. when he heard several shots fired near where several hundred people were leaving a party at the hall in south Kansas City. The victims were discovered after the people and vehicles cleared the area, police said in a news release.
A man in his 20s was found dead in a parking lot adjacent to the hall, police said.
Three other victims suffered life-threatening injuries. They included a 17-year-old shot in the chest, a 24-year-old shot in the neck and a 20-year-old shot in the head.
The seven others were being treated at area hospitals for non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Police were trying to find the shooter.
Phone messages left for the Knights of Columbus hall were not immediately returned.
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