NEW ORLEANS - More than a half-dozen separate shootings that killed three and injured at least 12 happened across New Orleans in a violent Memorial Day weekend that saw a 12-year-old among the dead.
That's according to information released by the city’s police department.
WWL-TV reports the child was fatally shot Sunday night at a birthday party in the Holy Cross neighborhood. First responders took her to the hospital, where she died from her injuries.
Also injured in the shooting were a 19-year-old man and an unknown third victim. Additional shootings happened in New Orleans East and Gentilly and in a pair of car-to-car shootings.
No suspects were immediately named.
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