One person has died and four people have been injured, after a new mass shooting in the United States.
The shooting occurred during the night of Monday, Swedish time, in New Orleans in Louisiana. This during a parade before the annual Mardi Gras celebration.
Terrified locals and tourists who had gathered for the celebration reportedly ran desperately from the scene. The injured were taken directly to hospital after the shooting, one of them was a young girl.
– This is really not something we wanted to see. We really wanted this to be a safe Mardi Gras and we continue to work for that cause, said Hans Gauthier of the New Orleans police.
One person has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of the shooting. But the motive for the incident and whether more perpetrators have been involved is not yet known.
See dramatic footage from the crime scene in the player above.