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5:00 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Officials Say Mother's Day Shooting Is Gang Related

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Shawn Scott, being escorted by police after his arrest Thursday.
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Akein Scott.
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New Orleans police have arrested two brothers in the Mother’s Day shooting that injured 20 people at a Seventh Ward second-line. Officials say the shooting is gang-related.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks at 7th Ward news conference.

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12:52 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Two Suspects In Mother’s Day Parade Shooting Apprehended

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Akein Scott, suspected of injuring 20 people by shooting into a crowd at a Mother's Day second-line parade, was booked into jail early Tuesday morning on 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder.
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The police arrested Akein Scott, suspected of being the man in this image shooting into a Mother's Day second-line crowd this past Sunday. The image was taken from a surveillance video.
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Akein Scott, the 19-year-old suspected of injuring 20 people by shooting into a crowd at a Mother’s Day second-line this past Sunday, was apprehended by the New Orleans Police Department’s SWAT unit Wednesday night in New Orleans East.

"Akein Scott is now in NOPD custody," police spokeswoman Remi Braden said in an e-mail to reporters. Braden said the suspect was arrested in the Little Woods section of New Orleans East.

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6:54 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Suspect Apprehended In New Orleans Second-Line Shooting

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Akein Scott, 19, the suspect in a shooting spree Sunday that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans.
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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 3:30 pm

"CAPTURED!"

That's how the New Orleans Police Department spread the word on Facebook early Thursday that its officers had "arrested 19-year-old Akein Scott in connection with the shooting of 19 people on Mother's Day."

Update at 4:05 p.m. ET. Second Suspect Arrested:

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7:00 am
Wed May 15, 2013

'Follow Your NOLA' Campaign Unveiled To Draw Visitors

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New Orleans tourism officials launch a new campaign to attract visitors.

The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation has unveiled its latest campaign to attract visitors to the city. Recent national news attention of the Mother’s Day shooting makes the job that much harder.

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2:56 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

After Mass Shooting, New Orleanians Rally Around A Local Tradition

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Kenneth Terry with the Treme Brass Band plays the trumpet Monday during a community response to a shooting during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.
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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 8:01 am

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