CLINTON, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities said Sunday they have arrested two teenagers and four others in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old child during a weekend parade in a small town.
The two suspects, ages 19 and 15, were charged with attempted murder, obstruction of justice and reckless discharge of a firearm, the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media.
Gunfire sent people scrambling for cover during a Mardi Gras parade Saturday in Clinton Country, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baton Rouge.
All five victims are expected to survive, Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Deputy Bill Cox told The Advocate Saturday. The department said Sunday it was not aware of any changes in the victim’s condition.
The two teenagers charged were among three people taken into custody Saturday after they were found with guns near a parade, the Sheriff’s Office said Sunday.
A third person, a 26-year-old man, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, but investigators do not believe he was involved in the shooting, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities have not given a suspected motive for the shooting. More arrests are expected, a Sheriff’s Office statement said.
Investigators are asking anyone with photos or videos of the shooting or the nearby area to share them with authorities.
