A man is recovering from surgery after being shot once during an altercation near Elmwood Shopping Center on Wednesday night, and Jefferson Parish deputies already have a suspect in custody. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. near the 1200 block of South Clearview Parkway, in the heart of one of the region’s busiest retail corridors.
According to the WDSU report, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said an altercation between two men escalated into a shooting near South Clearview Parkway. Deputies say the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victim once in the body before being taken into custody. The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where he was undergoing surgery as of Wednesday night, per the station’s report.
As reported by Hindustan Times, the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. Wednesday and quickly drew online scanner chatter and safety concerns from nearby residents as word spread that deputies had swarmed the area. The incident remains under investigation, and it is not yet clear what sparked the confrontation between the two men.
A High-Traffic Commercial Corridor
Elmwood Shopping Center sprawls across roughly 1 million square feet along Clearview Parkway and is considered Louisiana’s largest open-air shopping center, according to Biz New Orleans, which notes the complex is owned entirely by Lauricella Land Company. The center draws heavy foot traffic thanks to major anchors including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, and Barnes & Noble, and it added a 27,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack at 1002 South Clearview Parkway in a spring retail expansion…