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USA Mother’s Day shooting in New Orleans tests violent ‘street code’

The suspect in the New Orleans Mother's Day shooting appears to fit the profile of those being targeted by the police anti-gang task force in the city's latest crackdown on violence.

By Staff Writer / May 14, 2013

Lauren McGaughy/The Times-Picayune/AP

New Orleans cops are chasing a man they believe responsible for a mass shooting at a Mother’s Day street party on Sunday. The bloody, panic-stricken scene created by the attack has shocked and mobilized a city long intimidated by violent street codes.