A 19-year-old man is in custody after a Saturday afternoon shooting in the Pines Village section of New Orleans that left a woman with a graze wound to the head. The gunfire erupted in the 7200 block of Downman Road near Morrison Road, where police say two people walked up to a parked car. According to authorities, one woman deployed pepper spray on the people inside the vehicle before shots were fired. The injured woman was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.
Police account
Officers arrested 19-year-old Rashad Bakewell in connection with the shooting, according to WDSU. Police told the outlet that Bakewell and a woman approached the parked car, and that the woman pepper-sprayed the occupants just before Bakewell opened fire. The woman who was with Bakewell has not been located, and the New Orleans Police Department said the investigation remains active.
Pines Village safety concerns
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