Two people died and four others were wounded in a shooting following a Mardi Gras celebration in the Mississippi Gulf town of Pass Christian. Pass Christian Police Chief Timothy Hendricks said in a statement that officers heard gunshots in the area where they were directing traffic at the Mardi Gras Parade. WLOX reported the Pass Christian parade as one of the rowdiest on the Gulf Coast. Robyn Chancey of nearby Gulfport told CNN affiliate WLOX, “Don’t nobody know how to act in public. Everybody thinks that shooting is the way to solve stuff. I didn’t even go because I knew it was going to be something like that.” Police identified the dead as Carlos Bates, 29, of Gulfport, and Isaiah Major, 43, of Pass Christian. No suspects have been named in the shooting. An investigation has been launched.
