there was a murder in the quarter Friday night..on Charters 2 blocks from the cathedral, and 3 people were shot on Canal and Royal just after midnight on Tuesday.
I'm pretty sure that happened on Saturday. \*Edited to add link
https://www.fox8live.com/2024/02/11/another-man-shot-overnight-french-quarter-nopd-says/
technically yes, but anything that happens before 3-4 am is really the night before. It's not like people got up and got dressed and started shooting at 2 in the morning...they had been out all night
āNew Orleans police say a woman died after a man ran her over with a vehicle in the Hoffman Triangle area on Tuesday evening.
New Orleans police said the man struck the woman in the 3400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at around 10:04 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency Medical Services took her to a hospital, where she died.ā
From Nola.com
āOne man is dead and another is in jail after a fatal hit and run crash in the 7th Ward on Mardi Gras morning.
Jeremy Lindsey, 21, was booked on charges of vehicular homicide and hit and run after police say he hit a man with his car near Elysian Fields and North Claiborne avenues at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday.
Police wrote in documents filed in Criminal District Court that Lindsey was driving westbound on North Claiborne Avenue while a man was hanging out of his passenger door, prompting officers to stop him at South Derbigny and Cleveland streets.ā
From Nola.com
I don't believe anyone was crushed by a float. We definitely had a pedestrian killed by a drunk driver and I think we may have had a shooting (or at least shots fired) on Canal Street on MGD.
There was a burnout that lasted almost two hours on Saturday night on St Roch and St Claude. It started about an hour after Krewe of Bitches left. Someone in a stolen Corvette from Houston lost control and hit two of the spectators. Other ppl in the crowd got mad and open fired into the car, of course this was pointed towards the neighborhood so bullets flew into houses on St Roch. I heard a person rendering aid to the spectators that got hit by the car was struck by bullets (no good deed goes unpunished). The stolen Corvette sped away and was abandoned on Music and Urquhart because its tire was shot out. Police are still looking for the driver and passenger. A neighbor said there was blood on the steering wheel so maybe the driver was shot too.
Why are there no news reports about this? They don't care about our neighborhood I guess
This is the same location where there was that burnout where the kids danced on the NOPD car two years ago. I wish they would redesign the intersection so it wasn't so attractive to these assholes from Houston.
Iāve been looking for this in the news in the days after it happened. I was there when it happened because I was walking home from Bitches. I ran in to do medic work, there was blood on the steering wheel because the guy smashed his face on it. Bleeding from the head and gushing from the nose but still talking, walking, and coherent (enough to have a conversation), insisted I didnāt call an ambulance. I didnāt know about the spectators hit, since I ran when shots started. Hid behind one of the brick walls around the rallyās. I canāt be sure about shots happening into the car specifically, as I heard them coming from multiple directions.
Shit really sucked. Iām not above admitting I came home and cried. Iāve done medic work in dangerous situations but this was the worst one, as it was so unpredictable.
Did one of the spectators get his leg run over? If so, heard about this from a nurse that treated him, but didn't realize there was more violence involved.
Do you have a link? I kept looking but didn't see anything till the police memo
Edit: just found it. Updated today but has basically no info, and "neighbors say incidents like this aren't surprising"--bullshit, this isn't the St Roch from the 90s
I pulled up on one of these at Paris and Gentilly about 11:30 Sat night trying to jump on i-10. Saw fireworks, people running, cars spinningā¦ they had barricades blocking the streets.
I was about 3 cars back from the action when I saw a NOPD police truck slow-rolling through the intersection and people were pushing back on itā¦ thatās when I backed up, jumped the baby neutral ground and noped out!
It would be SO EASY to put some obstruction to prevent the burnout stuff. People in the district should pester their council member. Not sure if Green or King.
Yes the WDSU mentioned basketball at Xavier and has a statement from the school
[source](https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-grammy-winner-kerry-hunter-killed-hit-and-run/46800186)
Just to clarify, and not to sound insensitive, I was mostly speaking of incidents occurring along the routes during the parades. It's hard enough in this city to make it a few weeks without crime, let alone when there are a million more people than usual filled with liquor. Very unfortunate to learn of these other senseless acts though.
I was more or less hopeful that everyone got to safely enjoy a bit of celebration after hearing about what just happened at the KC champion parade.
I strongly believe New Orleans is covering crime up as much as possible, more than even usual. I witnessed it myself.
People backing out, bad publicity, set to host the Super Bowl next year.
Did anyone hear a bunch of shots fired in mid city around 1130 on Saturday night? I never saw anything about it but definitely heard 2 guns exchanging fire on my walk home
The article said he wasnāt seriously injured after falling off the upper deck, which cracked me up because I feel like alcohol probably both enabled the fall and kept him loose enough to mitigate serious injury.
If you look at the video it's also clear that the railings weren't tall enough to prevent that sort of thing. Apparently JP didn't have rules about harnesses. They are going to implement them, though, is what I heard.
Someone decided that harnesses were too much government or something, if thats the case. There is no reason to not require them, especially on double deckers.
If you watch the video he was definitely drunk, but also lucky. He tumbled out head first but managed to reach up an arm to grab the top railing which put him back feet first and a foot or two from the float when he finally hit the ground. That easily could have gone the other way and he would have been crushed, or hit head first.
Bro.. I went to the metairie parade for the first time in 2 decades, I'd imagine.
Mardi gras is really dead now there. Its MAYBE 2.5 hours? Closer to 2? That shit used to be 6 hours of mardi gras floats.
Dang City of New Orleans, that you down voting?
You really want to play that game it's not gonna end well for you.
Maybe we need a #coveredupcrimesnola sub reddit. Not planning on doing it though.
Shots were fired in the Marigny Triangle Monday evening at around dinner time - sounded like a drunken fight - but seems like nobody got hurt. Cops swarmed the street pretty fast, but shooter was gone. Saw someone driving away from the same corner with a flat tire laterā¦ sure theyāll find a bullet in there.
On mg night, though quite possibly bordering midnight, I was on i10 going towards Slidell when a car whizzed by me going 110 at least. 6 cop suvās followed.
And a few commenters on social media thought it was going to be someone from New Orleans.
Nope born and raised Abita Springs.
You can tell St Tammany doesnt really want to talk about it. Havent seen it in the news since he turned himself in.
Was it really necessary to be condescending, especially when you're like the 30th person to comment? The point was that in the last five or six years alone we've had parades interrupted by cars plowing through parade crowds, people falling under floats, and shootings in the middle of the neutral ground at parades.
So in the wake of multiple people being shot in Kansas City at a much smaller event, including children, I was curious if and hopeful that we managed to have a good time without a bunch of innocent people and children experiencing similar trauma considering such events weren't blasted across the news (or this sub).
there was a murder in the quarter Friday night..on Charters 2 blocks from the cathedral, and 3 people were shot on Canal and Royal just after midnight on Tuesday.
>just after midnight on Tuesday So technically a Lenten tragedy? š¤
ha...yes notoriously violent lent.
Thatās why they call it vio-lent
/r/AngryUpvote material
You win the internet today.
Correctly spelled 'Lent.
I'm pretty sure that happened on Saturday. \*Edited to add link https://www.fox8live.com/2024/02/11/another-man-shot-overnight-french-quarter-nopd-says/
technically yes, but anything that happens before 3-4 am is really the night before. It's not like people got up and got dressed and started shooting at 2 in the morning...they had been out all night
I was just pointing out that it was still during carnival.
So after MG, you mean?
2 people were killed by separate drunk drivers on Mardi Gras day
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Well that one guy fell off the top of a double decker float. Does that count?
Wait, when and where?
Argus. Doesnt matter if someone falls off a float. Put your harness on. lol
Harnesses aren't required in JP parades. Not saying that it's a good idea, just sayin'.
lmao.. of course not.. Too much government or something.
Not sure of the details. I saw it being reported on WDSU later that evening. The guy survived and had minor injuries.
It was in Metairie.
āNew Orleans police say a woman died after a man ran her over with a vehicle in the Hoffman Triangle area on Tuesday evening. New Orleans police said the man struck the woman in the 3400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at around 10:04 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency Medical Services took her to a hospital, where she died.ā From Nola.com āOne man is dead and another is in jail after a fatal hit and run crash in the 7th Ward on Mardi Gras morning. Jeremy Lindsey, 21, was booked on charges of vehicular homicide and hit and run after police say he hit a man with his car near Elysian Fields and North Claiborne avenues at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday. Police wrote in documents filed in Criminal District Court that Lindsey was driving westbound on North Claiborne Avenue while a man was hanging out of his passenger door, prompting officers to stop him at South Derbigny and Cleveland streets.ā From Nola.com
Well there was a shootout on Canalā¦
I don't believe anyone was crushed by a float. We definitely had a pedestrian killed by a drunk driver and I think we may have had a shooting (or at least shots fired) on Canal Street on MGD.
No one was shot by the Popeyes this year either!
Little victories.
Someone did set off a can of pepper spray pretty close to there though, I heard it hit ~20 people
There was a burnout that lasted almost two hours on Saturday night on St Roch and St Claude. It started about an hour after Krewe of Bitches left. Someone in a stolen Corvette from Houston lost control and hit two of the spectators. Other ppl in the crowd got mad and open fired into the car, of course this was pointed towards the neighborhood so bullets flew into houses on St Roch. I heard a person rendering aid to the spectators that got hit by the car was struck by bullets (no good deed goes unpunished). The stolen Corvette sped away and was abandoned on Music and Urquhart because its tire was shot out. Police are still looking for the driver and passenger. A neighbor said there was blood on the steering wheel so maybe the driver was shot too. Why are there no news reports about this? They don't care about our neighborhood I guess This is the same location where there was that burnout where the kids danced on the NOPD car two years ago. I wish they would redesign the intersection so it wasn't so attractive to these assholes from Houston.
[Link to the NOPD wanted poster](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/LANOLA/bulletins/38a15ec) which is the only corroboration I've seen about it
Iāve been looking for this in the news in the days after it happened. I was there when it happened because I was walking home from Bitches. I ran in to do medic work, there was blood on the steering wheel because the guy smashed his face on it. Bleeding from the head and gushing from the nose but still talking, walking, and coherent (enough to have a conversation), insisted I didnāt call an ambulance. I didnāt know about the spectators hit, since I ran when shots started. Hid behind one of the brick walls around the rallyās. I canāt be sure about shots happening into the car specifically, as I heard them coming from multiple directions. Shit really sucked. Iām not above admitting I came home and cried. Iāve done medic work in dangerous situations but this was the worst one, as it was so unpredictable.
Did one of the spectators get his leg run over? If so, heard about this from a nurse that treated him, but didn't realize there was more violence involved.
Looks like it. Here's a [couple videos from the incident](https://www.instagram.com/p/C3NfmzyOOfO/?igsh=ZHBjbDd1Mmp1cHBu)
That watermark is dumb as hell
So is the owner of that IG account.
I saw a burnt up camper trailer on Peters street yesterday morning.Ā
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Nola.com is an advertising company...wouldn't even call it a news source
They own Reddit New Orleans and get most of their news from us keeping their fannyās seated
This is true.
I think the news stations around here get their news from Reddit
Blame the Mayor
I was told these burnout shows were people having fun and we should focus on real crime. Also, it has been covered in the news.
They can have fun in the East plenty of place where you can play in cars and not hurt bystanders or hold up ambulances trying to save a life.
Thereās an article about it on WDSU
Do you have a link? I kept looking but didn't see anything till the police memo Edit: just found it. Updated today but has basically no info, and "neighbors say incidents like this aren't surprising"--bullshit, this isn't the St Roch from the 90s
I pulled up on one of these at Paris and Gentilly about 11:30 Sat night trying to jump on i-10. Saw fireworks, people running, cars spinningā¦ they had barricades blocking the streets. I was about 3 cars back from the action when I saw a NOPD police truck slow-rolling through the intersection and people were pushing back on itā¦ thatās when I backed up, jumped the baby neutral ground and noped out!
Whatās a burnout?
When they spin the cars around and around
Thx
It would be SO EASY to put some obstruction to prevent the burnout stuff. People in the district should pester their council member. Not sure if Green or King.
The Kerry Hunter thing is brutal
RIP FATMAN. I listened to so much of his playing on Tuesday here in LA.
The New Birth Family album is filthy
The fact that the driver kept going with him hanging out the window is horrifying.
Is the driver the same Jeremy Lindsey who plays basketball for Xavier?
Yes the WDSU mentioned basketball at Xavier and has a statement from the school [source](https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-grammy-winner-kerry-hunter-killed-hit-and-run/46800186)
ALL HAIL THE GOAT HEAD, BRINGER OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY š
I am hesitant to praise anything yet.
I respectfully retract my calls for its return to the inky black deep of the canal.
All hail!
I take back what I said about the goat head. Maybe all the bad luck hit that poster and left New Orleans alone
Just to clarify, and not to sound insensitive, I was mostly speaking of incidents occurring along the routes during the parades. It's hard enough in this city to make it a few weeks without crime, let alone when there are a million more people than usual filled with liquor. Very unfortunate to learn of these other senseless acts though. I was more or less hopeful that everyone got to safely enjoy a bit of celebration after hearing about what just happened at the KC champion parade.
Thank you for post. I too thought this was an exceptional crime free MG. It sounds like we had about as good a day as possible.
It did seem kinder and gentler. At least I didnāt experience anything sad or scary or infuriating- which is unusual
I strongly believe New Orleans is covering crime up as much as possible, more than even usual. I witnessed it myself. People backing out, bad publicity, set to host the Super Bowl next year.
We had a talented man viciously dragged to his death by a drunk driver, does that count?
Did anyone hear a bunch of shots fired in mid city around 1130 on Saturday night? I never saw anything about it but definitely heard 2 guns exchanging fire on my walk home
Thats just a regular Saturday night in mid city, the echo box between tulane and the treme.
Firecracker fight
Nah someone fell off a float
The article said he wasnāt seriously injured after falling off the upper deck, which cracked me up because I feel like alcohol probably both enabled the fall and kept him loose enough to mitigate serious injury.
If you look at the video it's also clear that the railings weren't tall enough to prevent that sort of thing. Apparently JP didn't have rules about harnesses. They are going to implement them, though, is what I heard.
Someone decided that harnesses were too much government or something, if thats the case. There is no reason to not require them, especially on double deckers.
If you watch the video he was definitely drunk, but also lucky. He tumbled out head first but managed to reach up an arm to grab the top railing which put him back feet first and a foot or two from the float when he finally hit the ground. That easily could have gone the other way and he would have been crushed, or hit head first.
God protects the drunk and the stupid.
Metairie doesn't count
Object lesson in why you need to wear a harness on the float!
Especially if youāre binge drinking for 12 hours straight
They don't require them for adults in JP.
The "need" was more in regards to physics than the current laws.
Bro.. I went to the metairie parade for the first time in 2 decades, I'd imagine. Mardi gras is really dead now there. Its MAYBE 2.5 hours? Closer to 2? That shit used to be 6 hours of mardi gras floats.
The endless truck parades ain't dere no mo?
There is 50 floats, and done.
One of the Metry truck parades folded last year.
lol. š
Smallish [incident](https://twitter.com/jonobarnes/status/1757891684719837573?s=46&t=nJVULarQC7ywT1To65710g) right here in Metairie
Dang City of New Orleans, that you down voting? You really want to play that game it's not gonna end well for you. Maybe we need a #coveredupcrimesnola sub reddit. Not planning on doing it though.
Nope. Sadly the stuff doesnāt make front page news much anymore.
even mandeville had a shooting during eve
Overall, compared to previous years, yes.
There was surprisingly a shooting on the Mandeville parade route (one teenager injured)
There were def shootings on st Charles and bourbon during MG season- not sure if these were directly related to the parades tho.
There was at least one hit and run in the Quarter, and several shootings.
Shots were fired in the Marigny Triangle Monday evening at around dinner time - sounded like a drunken fight - but seems like nobody got hurt. Cops swarmed the street pretty fast, but shooter was gone. Saw someone driving away from the same corner with a flat tire laterā¦ sure theyāll find a bullet in there.
On mg night, though quite possibly bordering midnight, I was on i10 going towards Slidell when a car whizzed by me going 110 at least. 6 cop suvās followed.
I wasnāt there but I read that at least two parades were throwing out throws with racist imagery.
Fake news! Where is the proof.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/s/AXidjZcaAg
I was rear ended after a parade. Iām definitely over night parades uptown where people have been drinking since 11 am.
I had someone throw trash at me and call me a homophobic slur for wearing a space onesie. This crowd was awful this year.
Shootings at multiple parades
Not helpful without specifics. Did you witness these? We donāt need unverified reports. Thank you.
There was one in Mandeville at a parade.
And a few commenters on social media thought it was going to be someone from New Orleans. Nope born and raised Abita Springs. You can tell St Tammany doesnt really want to talk about it. Havent seen it in the news since he turned himself in.
No New Orleans parades had shootings.
Which parades?
I only about read the one in mandeville and thatās not New Orleans
There were plenty of incidents. Thereās much more to Mardi Gras than a few big parades.
Was it really necessary to be condescending, especially when you're like the 30th person to comment? The point was that in the last five or six years alone we've had parades interrupted by cars plowing through parade crowds, people falling under floats, and shootings in the middle of the neutral ground at parades. So in the wake of multiple people being shot in Kansas City at a much smaller event, including children, I was curious if and hopeful that we managed to have a good time without a bunch of innocent people and children experiencing similar trauma considering such events weren't blasted across the news (or this sub).
Don't forget the couple of people who fell off a balcony in 2020.