NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A mass shooting in the Warehouse District of New Orleans has claimed the life of one person and wounded eleven others.

The New Orleans Police Department reports it happened around midnight in the 800 block of South Peters Street.

That's where a woman was found lying on the sidewalk. NOPD officials said she had been fatally shot.

Five men and six other women were taken to a hospital. No word on their conditions.

WGNO's Amy Russo was on scene. She said there was a black car parked at the intersection of S. Peters and Julia streets with at least three bullet holes in it. The NOPD arrived around 5:30 a.m. to check it out.

The area in which the shooting took place is a heavily trafficked area by tourists and locals, just a few blocks from the Mississippi River.

The investigation is ongoing.

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