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MANDEVILLE, La. (WGNO) — Officers with the Mandeville Police Department are looking for a 17-year-old boy in connection with a shooting that took place along the city’s parade route on Friday, Feb. 2.
Mandeville police said officers responded to a report of a shooting on the parade route, near a McDonald’s restaurant on Highway 22, around 9:05 p.m.
At the scene, officers said a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
According to police, a fight led to shots fired in a crowd of juveniles and paradegoers.
Following an investigation, MPD detectives identified Tyryn Bailey as a suspect.
Bailey is wanted on charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery, reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration and illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call the Mandeville Police Department at (985)-626-9711.
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