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TENTH VICTIMA 39-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHO WALKED HIMSELF INTO THE
FIRST DISTRICT POLICE STATION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON---SAYI
NG HE'D BEEN SHOT ON BOURBON
STREET. BUT THE VICTIM,
SUFFERING FROM A MINOR INJURY TO
HIS CHEST, REFUSED
TREATMENT. SO AS IT STANDS NOW,
FIVE OF THE TEN VICTIMS ARE
STILL RECEIVING CARE HERE AT L-
S-U INTERIM HOSPITAL.
BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, L-S-U
INTERIM HOSPITAL HAD
RECEIVED SEVEN VICTIMS SUFFERING
FROM GUNSHOT
WOUNDS. AFTER GUNFIRE ERUPTED
ON THE FAMED BOURBON
STREETTHESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN
JUST MOMENTS AFTER
SHOTS WERE FIRED. SHOWING THE
CHAOS, AND VICTIMS ALREADY
RECEIVING CARE BEFORE THEY WERE
TRANSPORTED TO
INTERIM.
TRT: 11 Even before the
patient gets here, we're already
aware by
radio, we prepare the team in
anticipation of that patient. So
before that patient is even
here, we have a team
of about 20 healthcare
professionals that are ready to
receive that patient
BY MONDAY MORNING, BRITTANY
THOMAS WAS THE LONE
VICTIM STILL RECEIVING CRITICAL
CARE, ACCORDING TO
FAMILY MEMBERS THE HAMMOND
RESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE
HEAD. WHILE HER PROGNOSIS,
GRIM, A TEAM OF DOCTORS ARE
MONITORING HER EVERY MOVE, AS
THEY WOULD FOR ANY PATIENT
NEEDING 24-HOUR CARE AND
SUPERVISION. HOSPITAL STAFF
TRAINS FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THE
BOURBON STREET
SHOOTING---WHERE MULTIPLE
PAITIENTS NEED EMERGENCY CARE
ALL AT ONCE.
TRT: 09 Dr. and we begin
aligning resources to meet those
patients needs, that's not new
to us, we do that kind of thing
routinely
THE N-O-P-D ALSO RELEASED THE
AGES OF THE VICTIMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM
17 TO 39. BRITTANY
THOMAS, WHO REMAINS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, IS 21-
YEARS-OLD ACCORDING TO POLICE.
IN TOTAL SIX FEMALES AND
FOUR MALES WERE INJURED
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