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Bourbon Street Shooting Kills Tourist; Separate Bayou St. John Homicide Leads to Arrest

Police say video shows a fight escalating into a shootout, prompting a search for a person of interest.

Overview

  • Gunfire erupted shortly after 2 a.m. in the 100 block of Bourbon Street, leaving a 33-year-old visitor from Chicago dead and three others wounded.
  • Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the woman who died was an innocent bystander visiting for her birthday, and one surviving victim is her sibling.
  • Investigators reviewed video and described the incident as a shootout that began with a fight, and they believe they have a person of interest.
  • Three victims were found at the scene while a fourth woman with a graze wound was located near Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue and taken to a hospital.
  • In a separate case around 7:55 a.m., police arrested Enrique Garcia, 26, after a man was found shot in the 3200 block of Dumaine Street and later pronounced dead.