Mother's Day second-line shootings related to gang battle, authorities say
Source: The Times-Picayune
Mayor Mitch Landrieu confirmed Thursday that a second suspect had been arrested in the Mother's Day second line shooting and New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said that four others were arrested for harboring suspects.
The second suspect arrested was identified as Shawn Scott, brother of Akein Scott, who was arrested Wednesday night and charged with 20 counts of attempted murder. Authorities said the Scott brothers are members of the Frenchman and Derbigny gang and that the target of the attack was Leonard Epps, 35, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Police said Epps is in a gang know as the Deslonde Boys, based in the lower 9th Ward.
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These gangs are scary violent.