Pictured is the police presence near the intersection of 6th Street and Poinciana Avenue in Mamou where multiple people were injured in a shooting on Mardi Gras night. Two are confirmed dead following the incident. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
By: GARLAND FORMAN
Publisher
“Laissez les bons temps rouler” was happening all weekend in Mamou for Mardi Gras celebrations on Tuesday afternoon. Family, neighbors, and friends gathered along Sixth Street to listen to Cajun and Zydeco music. But it all changed in a few horrific seconds when a gunman or gunmen opened fire with an automatic weapon in front of the North Stage on Sixth Street. Acc…
