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New Orleans Mother's Day attack: Brothers arrested | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Police in the US city of New Orleans have arrested two brothers over the shooting at a Mother's Day parade that injured 20, including two children. | |
Shawn Scott, 24, was arrested on Thursday, and his brother Akein Scott, 19, was taken into custody on Wednesday night, police said. | |
Both are charged with 20 counts of attempted murder. | |
Police suspect the brothers were involved in a neighbourhood gang and had planned the attack together. | |
Akein Scott was said to have been identified from CCTV footage of the attack. | |
The area where the shooting occurred is a poor neighbourhood still recovering from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. | The area where the shooting occurred is a poor neighbourhood still recovering from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |
'Unnatural and unacceptable' | |
At a news conference near the shooting site on Thursday, Mayor Mitch Landrieu accused the suspects of "callously shooting into crowds of hundreds of citizens". | |
"The culture of violence is unnatural and unacceptable," Mr Landrieu said. | |
Police have also arrested four people ranging in age from 19 to 32, and charged them with obstruction of justice and being accessories to murder after the fact. | |
Officials had been searching for Akein Scott since identifying him as a suspect on Monday. | |
On Sunday, police were interspersed with marchers in the procession called a second line parade. | On Sunday, police were interspersed with marchers in the procession called a second line parade. |
The incident happened at about 14:00 local time at the intersection of Frenchmen and Villere streets. | |
Community celebrations in the city known as the Big Easy have been interrupted by gun violence in the past. | Community celebrations in the city known as the Big Easy have been interrupted by gun violence in the past. |
Five people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in January after a Martin Luther King Day parade, while four were injured when gunfire rang out after an argument in the French Quarter in the days leading up to Mardi Gras. | Five people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in January after a Martin Luther King Day parade, while four were injured when gunfire rang out after an argument in the French Quarter in the days leading up to Mardi Gras. |
The Louisiana city's police force is trying to overcome decades of community mistrust to tackle a high rate of gun crime. | The Louisiana city's police force is trying to overcome decades of community mistrust to tackle a high rate of gun crime. |
New Orleans Police Department has some 1,200 officers, about 300 short of its peak staffing level. | New Orleans Police Department has some 1,200 officers, about 300 short of its peak staffing level. |
US justice officials have previously found the department had excessively used force. | US justice officials have previously found the department had excessively used force. |