The Advocate · Apr 11, 2016
How many wake-up calls does New Orleans need?
The initial email showed up in my inbox just after midnight Sunday morning.
It was 12:06 a.m., to be exact.
“We are working a double shooting, around 11:29 p.m., near the intersection of Sophie Wright and Felicity streets,” read the email, sent by New Orleans Police Department spokesman Juan Barnes. ”Male victim was fatally shot and a female victim with a (non-fatal) gun shot wound to the leg. No further information is available at this time.”
I didn’t really need any more information, anyway.
When you see so much email like that, you eventually become numb to them.
Not much later, though, the story began drawing national attention.
