Three women shot during confrontation with Bourbon Street nightclub security
New Orleans LA April 3 2023
A shooting that injured three people started after a nightclub security guard was involved in a confrontation at a local bar police said.
Three women were wounded early Sunday morning after a woman fired a handgun during an altercation with a security guard at a Bourbon Street nightclub, New Orleans police said.
At around 1:16 a.m. in the 700 block of Bourbon Street, Savannah Bowman, 19, allegedly got in a conflict with a security guard, pulled out a stolen handgun and fired a single shot that fragmented and grazed three women, police say.
A man was also threatened when he had a gun pointed at him, according to public information officer Karen Boudrie. That victim was not injured.
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services took one victim to a hospital. Another went to a hospital via private conveyance. The other two victims refused medical attention. Their current conditions are unknown.
Police booked Bowman on the scene on three counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated assault with a firearm, two counts of illegally carrying weapons, one count of illegal use of a weapon and one count of illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Bowman’s bond has not been set.
No other information was immediately available.
