Drive-by Shooting Rattles Morningside Neighborhood In Shreveport

A young woman is wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Morningside neighborhood in Shreveport. Witnesses have reported hearing more than 30 shots on Randolph Street off of Hearne Avenue just before 2 this morning. Many of the bullets hit a home in that area. A woman in that home was wounded. Police say she was shot twice.

Reports indicate the woman was hit in her side and in the leg.
She was rushed to Ochsner LSU health with non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives converged on the scene and collected shell casings and talking to possible witnesses. They are also reviewing all surveillance video from the area.

No description of the car involved in this drive-by shooting has been released.

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