A 17-year-old from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was arrested Monday after a fight on Bourbon Street in New Orleans escalated into gunfire that killed a 20-year-old man. Aumir J. Handshaw was booked on second-degree murder and outstanding warrants for traffic offenses. Surveillance video captured the argument near Bourbon and St. Louis streets; Handshaw fled after the shooting, dropped a Glock pistol fitted with a machine gun conversion device, and was apprehended by nearby NOPD officers.
The shooting occurred at 1:24 a.m. in a crowded section of Bourbon Street near restaurants and bars. The victim was transported to a local hospital with an abdominal gunshot wound and died there; his identity is pending autopsy results. Shell casing analysis and gunshot residue testing linked Handshaw to the weapon. Orleans Parish Magistrate Court set his bail at over $1.05 million.
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