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A friend of mine posted the following on our neighborhood discussion group:
I was working at my other house I am renovating tonight around 8:50 pm. Rendon/Conti St. Heard four/five shots fired. Looked out the back door as the shooter sped off. Shortly after I heard the cries across the street and realized someone was shot. It seems a baby was shot in the arm instead of whoever they meant to shoot. That puts me within 200′ of two drive by’s within two nights. Real scary. I heard they know who did it so I guess that means at least another drive by the next couple of nights. Street justice they call it. What a shame.
This happened about three blocks from us.
Here’s the story from the Times-Picayune:
2-year-old girl shot in Mid-City
By Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune
Thursday August 07, 2008, 10:29 PMA 2-year old girl was shot in the arm shortly before 9 p.m. in Mid-City, according to police and neighbors.
She was taken to a local hospital, said Officer Shereese Harper, a spokeswoman for the New Orleans Police Department. Her condition was not immediately available.
The shooting occurred at 315 N. Rendon St., a pink double not far from the intersection of Bienville and N. Rendon streets, police said.
“I heard about four or five shots,” said a neighbor, who asked not to be identified. “When I came outside, I saw a two-door silver car speed by.”
The neighbor said he later pointed out two cartridges on the asphalt in the 300 block of North Rendon to police who arrived at the scene.
A woman started crying and yelling once she realized the child was injured, neighbors said.
Harper said police are trying to determine the motive for the shooting and identify suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers, which is offering a reward of as much as $2,500 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. The telephone number is 504.822.1111 or toll-free at 1.877.903.7867.
Leslie Williams can be reached at lwilliams@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3358.
Stuff like this scares me.
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