Shoot Out on Canal Street

Wow, it was one exciting evening - walking down Bourbon Street on a Saturday night, with the festival going on. It was noisy, crowded and could be dangerous. So we decided to visit the blues and jazz pubs tomorrow night. Luckily we did. We had dinner in a small cafe near our hotel on Canal Street, then after dinner, we usually turn left to go back to the hotel. We turned right instead, and we heard about 10 gunshots. If Adrian had his way, he would have gone to the scene, but we went into a souvenir shop instead to hang around. The shopkeeper (from Hyderabad incidentally) said yeah it happens. Anyway, we left the shop and heard all the sirens - 15 police cars and 4 ambulances. Turns out there was a shooting at McDonalds which we had passed before dinner. There were about 3 people injured but I think none dead. We went to the scene, because the cops were already in place and there was no more action except for them taking the injured away. So exciting!