NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police in New Orleans say they have arrested one of two women seen on a social media video firing guns from a moving vehicle on Interstate 10.
The 20-year-old suspect surrendered Monday with her attorney present, according to a police news release. The other suspect, a 21-year-old woman, was still at large Wednesday.
Police said the shootings occurred on Oct. 16. Video circulating on social media showed two women, one in the front seat, the other in the back, firing handguns from passenger-side windows.
Police said conviction on the charge of illegal discharge of a firearm from a moving vehicle would bring a prison sentence of five to 10 years.
Nobody was reported injured in the Oct. 16 incident. However, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that shootings on the interstate highway in New Orleans have increased. Interstate shootings have killed six people this year, the newspaper reported. Police said the shootings generally fall into one of three categories: road rage incidents; pre-existing feuds where shooters are targeting someone they know or someone getting caught in the crossfire.
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