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Gang warfare led to the drive-by shooting that killed a sleeping infant and his father when the car carrying them and two women became a moving target for assailants on New Orleans' West Bank, police said Thursday.
Deshawn Butler, 25, who died at the scene of the ambush that ended at the Crescent City Connection on Wednesday night, was a member of the Fischer Fools gang that was feuding with the Hot Block gang, Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said.
Butler's son, Deshawn Kinard, 7 months, became the city's youngest murder victim this year, after being shot in the head.
"The senseless loss of young lives will not be stopped unless everyone gets involved in changing the culture of violence in New Orleans," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a statement. "The NOPD is working around the clock to pursue those responsible for this tragedy, now we need the community to come forward with information."
FBI and ATF agents are helping with the investigation. The multi-agency gang unit has rounded up members of both gangs for interviews.
"As we've said before, the game has changed in New Orleans," Serpas said. "Every law enforcement and prosecutorial agency in this part of the state is focused on one thing: bringing to justice whoever is responsible for the death of this 7-month-old baby and his father."
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_gang_warfare_claim.html
Looks like "Chocolate City" is not such a safe place after all.
