Mass shooting erupts during Mardi Gras in Mamou

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....

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