Seventeen people were shot, leaving five dead and 12 wounded, during a violent Memorial Day weekend in the New Orleans metro area.
A woman shot in the arm in the Leonidas neighborhood on Monday (May 27) afternoon was the 17th person wounded or killed by gunfire since Saturday.
Among the fatal shooting victims was Reginald Field, the 50-year-old dean of students and a founder of Andrew H. Wilson Charter School.
Also killed were:
- A man <a href="http://bit.ly/2VOnQ2M" target=_blank>found shot dead </a>in Jefferson Parish, near the Pair of Dice lounge in Metairie early Saturday.
- A <a href="http://bit.ly/2YPPHRR" target=_blank>man found fatally shot in the St. Roch area</a>, in the 2200 block of North Galvez Street, on Saturday afternoon.
- A man who died after being shot in the 7th ward late Sunday, police. A woman also suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound. That shooting occurred near the corner of South Tonti and St. Anthony streets, police said.
- A fifth fatal victim was killed <a href="http://bit.ly/2HHhI8J" target=_blank>at Esplanade and Claiborne avenues</a> on Sunday about 11:55 p.m., police said.
The weekend shootings began about 10 p.m. Saturday.
- In the 2400 block of A.P. Tureaud Avenue in the 7th Ward, police said a man approached two people sitting on a the porch of a home and began firing at the man and the woman. The shooting occurred within a block of the gunfire that left Field, the educator, about two hours later. Police said the victims on the porch were each shot once and were hospitalized. Police have not said whether the two shootings were connected.
- About 45 minutes later, police said, <a href="http://bit.ly/2YYBRNp" target=_blank>a 21-year-old man, a 15-year-old and a 17-year old were wounded</a> in a shooting near the University of New Orleans’ Lakefront Arena.
- At about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Jefferson Parish authorities were investigating a non-fatal shooting in the 400 block of North Laurel Street in Metairie. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said the man was expected to survive the shooting.
- Early Sunday, at about 1:45 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Cambronne and Cohn streets in Pigeon Town for a report of a shooting. The victim was 18 years old, and he told police he was sitting in his vehicle when he heard gunfire and realized he’d been shot, police said. He was taken to the hospital.
- A triple shooting in the 3100 block of Rue Parc Fontain in Algiers Sunday evening was reported after three victims arrived at a hospital.
- Also on Sunday night, police said one woman <a href="http://bit.ly/2HHhIFL" target=_blank>was injured in a shooting</a> after a fight at a residence with another woman in the 10300 block of Castlewood Street in New Orleans East. Police said the suspected shooter pulled a handgun from her purse and began firing.
- On Monday afternoon, police said a woman had been shot in the arm in the 2300 block of Joliet Street in Leonidas.
Two people were also injured in stabbings on Sunday, New Orleans Police said.
- Late Sunday, police said a man 30-year-old man was found at Chantilly Drive and Chef Menteur Highway suffering from “multiple” stab sounds. Police said the man was in a fight with another man who pulled out a “razor knife."
- Another man suffered a stab wound in his hand and his back after he and his wife got into an argument with another couple in the 700 block of Canal Street and a man pulled a knife out. The stab wound occurred as the man was defending himself, police said.
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