New Orleans crime

Gunshots brought one of New Orleans’ major Mardi Gras parades to a halt late Sunday night, with one dead and four hospitalized, according to New Orleans police.

Success Preparatory Academy, a K-8 public school in Mid-City, closed Friday for a day of mourning after two students were shot and killed within eight days of one another.

The FBI entered the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board main office building Friday and conducted "law enforcement activity," according to a report.

As New Orleans marks the killing of a 44-year-old father gunned down as he walked his two children to a bus stop, officials are trying a new plan to get…