French Quarter Sunrise Reflection
New Orleans – Tragedy struck early Sunday morning in the heart of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Police reported a woman was shot to death as she sat inside a vehicle around 4:42 a.m. on the 700 block of St. Peter Street. The age and identity of the female victim have yet to be released.
The shooting took place near the Rouses grocery market, at the intersection of St. Peter and Royal streets. New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) investigators cordoned off the area to investigate the fatal incident.
This fatal shooting marks the second such incident to take place in New Orleans’ busiest tourism sector in the past eight days. On June 22, a male tourist from Florida was shot dead on the 600 block of Bourbon Street. The two alleged culprits, both women, were later arrested in connection with the crime in Columbia, Mississippi.
Violence in the city’s premier tourist district has ignited a wave of concern. These recent incidents have renewed calls among lawmakers to keep guns out of the French Quarter. However, their attempts to exempt the area from a new state law permitting permitless concealed carry of handguns has so far failed.
The law, which is set to take effect just four days following this latest homicide, will allow adults without a felony conviction or under a domestic violence stay-away court order to carry concealed handguns without a permit. Initial attempts by city officials and lawmakers to exempt key tourism hubs, including the French Quarter, Downtown New Orleans, and the Convention Center district from this allowance, have been unsuccessful.
As the investigation unfolds, more information related to the case is set to emerge. Updates on the woman’s identity, possible motive, or suspects involved in the shooting remain unavailable at the time of reporting.
These successive fatal incidents in a popular tourism hub have caused distress among local communities. The pending implementation of the new handgun law has only furthered concerns about potential implications for safety in these busy districts.
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