Issues with violent crime and debates over concealed carry are pushed further into the spotlight of local and state politics following a shooting that took place late on the night of Sunday, April 14th outside of The Republic NOLA, a nightclub in New Orleans’s Warehouse District and just blocks from the French Quarter.
One woman was killed and another 11 individuals were injured during the altercation which occurred just hours after the end of French Quarter Fest. All injured were discharged from the hospital by Monday evening.
City officials said at a Monday afternoon news conference about the shooting that statistics show violent crime and homicide rates are declining in the city. The Republic NOLA shooting and another killing of a New Orleans bar security guard have prompted renewed calls for changes to a pending Louisiana law allowing concealed carry of a handgun without a permit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
