adminThose wounded when gunfire erupted in the early afternoon attack included 17 adults and two 10-year-olds, the local police department said in a statement.
“Many of the victims were grazed (some by bullets that ricocheted),” it said.
“At this point, there are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-threatening.”
The injured children — a boy and a girl — suffered graze wounds and were in good condition while a man and a woman were still in surgery late Sunday.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the shooting was unrelated to terrorism.
“From all of our intelligence, we have no reason to believe it was an act of terror, just street violence,”
Mary Beth Romig, a spokeswoman for the FBI in New Orleans, told AFP.
But “certainly today was not a normal day in New Orleans.”
The incident comes less than a month after twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 260.
In December, a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Connecticut, killing 20 children and six staff members. — AFP.
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