Title: 1 killed, 2 injured in shooting outside New Orleans high school graduation.
New Orleans Police Department Deputy Supt. Christopher Goodly said an “elderly woman” died from her wounds, and two male victims suffered non-life threatening injuries.at least three people have been detained for questioning, but no arrests had been made as of 1:10 p.m.
Goodly said the incident began with an argument between two females in the parking lot, which escalated into guns being drawn and shots fired. The elderly woman struck was believed to be an innocent bystander. The shooting occurred in a parking lot outside Convocation Center, used as the venue for numerous high school graduation ceremonies each spring. Witnesses toldthat a fight appeared to have broken out shortly after the graduation ceremony for Morris Jeff High School had ended, and then anywhere from five to 12 gunshots rang out.
This was at least the second high school graduation staged at Xavier to be marred by violence in the past 11 days. On May 20, a , with witnesses capturing a wild fracas inside Convocation Center that involved attendees throwing punches and chairs.at the May 19 graduation ceremony for Hammond High School at Southeastern Louisiana University on the Northshore.
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