A gunman at least partly responsible for a mass shooting in New Orleans East has been arrested, New Orleans police announced Saturday.
36 YO Alex Madison was arrested and booked with second-degree murder, one day after six people were shot, two fatally, in the 4800 block of Alcee Fortier Boulevard.
Madison was booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail at 3:17 a.m., on a single count of second-degree murder. If convicted of the offense, Madison would face a mandatory lifetime prison sentence.
The Friday afternoon shooting was New Orleans’ second mass shooting involving at least six victims in the past week. Six people were wounded the previous Friday night, April 29, when gunman opened fire at the Balcony Bar on Magazine Street.
Madison has previously been arrested nine times in Orleans Parish and sentenced to serve 15 years in state prison.
