Four people have been arrested in connection with a shooting that left an 80-year-old woman dead after a high school graduation in New Orleans, according to officials.
An argument in the parking lot of Xavier University’s Convocation Center escalated with gunfire on May 31, not long after students from Morris Jeff High School had received diplomas, the New Orleans Police Department said.
The woman, Augustine Greenwood, was killed in the shooting, authorities said. Two men were wounded but were expected to survive. All three were there for the graduation ceremonies, according to officials.
Four suspects — three adults and one teenage juvenile — were identified on June 10 in connection with the shooting and warrants were obtained for their arrest.
One of the suspects, 18-year-old Brandon Rock, surrendered to the New Orleans Police Department the same day. He was arrested and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count each of manslaughter and possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone.
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On Tuesday, the remaining three suspects surrendered to police separately.
40-year-old Laverne Duplessis was charged with one count of manslaughter and possession of a firearm and obstruction of justice. She was also arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Jefferson Parish.
49-year-old Frank Bartholomew was arrested and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count of obstruction of justice.
The juvenile suspect, a 15-year-old male, was arrested and booked into the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center on a charge of possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone.
New Orleans police said the argument that turned into the shooting is believed to have stemmed from “a pre-existing situation between two juveniles which reignited at this location.”
“Two adults with connections to the juveniles are believed to have armed themselves and fired gunshots in this incident,” a spokesperson for the department said.
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