MARDI GRAS SHOOTER goes down on BOURBON STREET 2014 – - Topix

MARDI GRAS SHOOTER goes down on BOURBON STREET 2014 –


On busy Bourbon Street, man shoots himself in foot!


For Bourbon Heat, a club near the corner of Bourbon Street and Orleans Avenue, the busiest night of the year is the Saturday before Mardi Gras, said club owner Angelo Farrell. And like clockwork, as Saturday (March 1) became Sunday (March 2), the dance floor was packed at 2 a.m.
And that was where Deantra Belvin, 21, was headed with a gun concealed in his pants pocket. A server spotted the weapon, security pounced, and in the scuffle, Belvin lost control of the gun. It discharged -- shooting him, quite literally, in the foot. "It's almost comical," Farrell said, "but it's not."
Because of the club's surveillance system and multiple security guards, staff quickly controlled the situation, Farrell said. "We had him apprehended within minutes," he said. "This was a bad situation that I think everyone controlled beautifully."
No one else was injured. Belvin was transported to a local hospital with an injury that was not life-threatening, according to New Orleans police.
Police said Belvin will be booked with illegally discharging a firearm, illegal possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with a controlled and dangerous substance, possession of a firearm in an alcoholic-beverage outlet, and criminal damage to property.
While police did not say what the controlled substance was, records of his arrest show Belvin had a Schedule II drug, which includes opiates and cocaine.
After the incident, Farrell said he and his team scrambled to clear out the club and re-open within 90 minutes.
 "Through Mardi Gras you're going to be open 24 hours," Farrell said. "People are on the streets until 7 or 8 in the morning."


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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/03/on_busy_bourbon_st_man_shoots.html


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MARK TRAINA


NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of WHITE PEOPLE