As warning signs go up, victim of Quarter stabbing calls for mor - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

As warning signs go up, victim of Quarter stabbing calls for mor - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

SUGAR
BOWL TOURISTS are being WARNED about CRIME in the FRENCH QUARTER

 

A brutal stabbing in the French Quarter and
other recent crimes have sparked a new sign campaign warning visitors to walk
in groups. 

For the first time, the victim of that stabbing talked about an ordeal that he
says he's lucky to have survived.

"I lived here for 20 years," he said. "It seemed bad in the
mid-90s, and it seems just as bad again."

Pictures show in graphic detail exactly what happened the night of Dec. 17.

"He approached me quickly," he said. "They knew exactly what
they were doing."

The victim, who lives in New Orleans, doesn't want to be identified since the
suspect hasn't been arrested. He was walking with a friend when they were
attacked by as many as eight people, some armed with knives, others with guns.

"They waited until they were even with us, acted quickly, I didn't know I
had been stabbed until I saw the knife," the victim said.

He spent two nights in the hospital.

"They knicked my lung. There was a small collapse," he said.

Residents nearby were stunned.

"At first I heard the screams, 'I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed' - it
was unbelievable," said a Gov. Nicholls Street resident, who asked not to
be identified. 

She began a sign campaign just in time for Sugar Bowl warning people to walk in
groups. Dozens can be seen around the Quarter from Chartres and Gov. Nicholls
to Ursulines and Rampart.

"It's just got everyone upset. You can't
walk at night," she said.

Residents, especially those who recently moved to the Quarter, say they want
the violence to stop.

"We're hoping for more police presence here," she said.

Some of the visitors we spoke with said they're disheartened to see these
signs, but they said they're not surprised. Visitors from Germany say they
already walk in groups after hearing about New Orleans violence back home.

"We've seen it in the news before," said German tourist Tina Zepp.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu says the city needs about 500 new officers.

 

 

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