New Orleans police investigate mass shooting in Warehouse District
Witnesses say this happened close to The Republic on South Peters overnight.
Updated: 6:14 AM CDT Apr 15, 2024
AND WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND AT LEAST 11 OTHERS ARE HURT. FOLLOWING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. YEAH, IT HAPPENED NEAR A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB. AND REPORTER ANUM SIDDIQUI IS LIVE FOR US WITH WHAT SHE’S LEARNED THIS MORNING, ANUM, WHAT’S THE LATEST? YEAH, LADIES, I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT NOPD IS STILL OUT HERE INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. WE’RE STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE REPUBLIC NIGHTCLUB HERE ON SOUTH PETER STREET. NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT ONE WOMAN IS DEAD. AND AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE WERE SHOT. AND OPD SAY THAT’S FIVE MEN AND SIX WOMEN. NOW, WHEN POLICE GOT HERE AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, THEY SAID THAT THEY FOUND A WOMAN ON THE SIDEWALK DEAD. NOW, ONE PERSON HERE DOES HAVE A BULLET HOLE IN HIS VEHICLE AS YOU CAN SEE. AND A WITNESS TELLS ME THAT HE’S IN SHOCK. AS REPUBLIC IS A VERY POPULAR VENUE. AND TAKE A LISTEN AS HE DESCRIBES THE MOMENTS WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT. WHEN I HEARD THE SHOTS, I RAN TO THE BATHROOM AND KIND OF GRABBED A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH ME AND WE KIND OF JUST GOT LOW UNTIL IT KIND OF SETTLED. AND EVEN WHEN WE GOT UP,…