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Mardi Gras shooting makes local celebrants cautious
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From a security tower above the Mardi Gras crowds, New Orleans Police Department officers watch the 400 and 500 blocks of Bourbon Street after four people were shot around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. - photo by NAOMI MARTIN
It would seem there isn’t much that could stop the Mardi Gras festivities on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, not even gunfire. Investigators in New Orleans worked early Monday to find suspects in a weekend shooting that wounded four on Bourbon Street during the countdown to Mardi Gras, while many revelers went on with their partying despite the violence. But for some local celebrants, the shootings were enough to warrant caution.