Injuries of 5 bystanders hurt in CBD police shootout are non-life-threatening: NOPD
By: Emily Lanes, NOLA.com
Three of the five bystanders wounded in a police shootout Sunday night near a transit hub in the Central Business District had been released from the hospital as of early Monday afternoon, New Orleans police said. The person NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said initiated the shootout with police, who he described as a “person of interest” in a pair of armed robberies that occurred last week, was shot and killed by officers, he said.
Two “innocent bystanders,” as Ferguson referred to them, remained hospitalized Monday, according to NOPD spokesman Andy Cunningham. However, Cunningham said that none of the injuries to any of the five bystanders “are considered to be life threatening.”
The ages of those struck by gunfire, which includes four males and a female, varied from 17 years old to 37, NOPD said.
