Cop responding to Marrero triple shooting is wounded

The Times Picayune ^ | October 20, 2006 | Staff

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A New Orleans officer was shot and wounded while responding to a triple shooting in Marrero in which one person was critically wounded.

The officer, Sam Palumbo Jr., was taken to the Charity Hospital Trauma Unit at Elmwood, where he was listed in stable condition. His wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, according to Assistant Chief Newell Norman of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

Police were responding to an 8:05 p.m. shooting in the 6700 block of Carver Drive in Marrero in which three people -- a father, son and daughter -- were wounded.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office press release described the victims as a 40-year-old man who was shot in the chest and critically injured; a 19-year-old man shot in the hand whose injuries were not life-threatening; and an 18-year-old woman shot in the leg whose injuries were not believed life-threatening.

The father was taken to the Charity Hospital Trauma Unit. The two teens were taken to Meadowcrest Hospital.

Norman would not say whether the victims lived at the shooting scene, but police believe 20 to 30 shots were fired at the family.

A motive for the shooting was not immediately available, nor was a description of the shooters or their escape vehicle. Newell said two people were seen fleeing the scene.