BBC: A teenager is suspected in the shooting of 19 people at a New Orleans Mother's Day parade on Sunday, police say. Akein Scott, 19, has been identified by a number of people as the gunman, said police superintendent Ronal Serpas. Three victims of the attack remained in a critical condition on Monday, although they were expected to survive.

New Orleans' understaffed police force is trying to overcome decades of community mistrust to tackle a high rate of gun crime. Ten men, seven women, a 10-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were wounded by gunfire in Sunday afternoon's incident, according to police.

The people chose to be on the side of the young innocent children shot instead of on the side of a coward' It is unclear what prompted the shooting in the city's 7th Ward at a busy second-line parade - an impromptu community procession in which people dance down the street behind an official parade.

Image: CCTV footage 'shows the New Orleans parade shooter' Courtesy: BBC