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The Latest: Second suspect arrested in New Orleans shooting

NEW ORLEANS – The Latest on arrest in New Orleans French Quarter shooting (all times local):

6:25 p.m.

New Orleans police have arrested a second suspect in the Bourbon Street shooting that left one person dead and nine others injured.

Acting on information gathered in the investigation, Louisiana State Police found and arrested Kavon Manuel at a home in the Lafayette area Friday.

Authorities say Manuel will be extradited to New Orleans to face a charge of second-degree murder and nine counts of attempted murder.

The arrest comes after New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and state and federal law enforcement announced the Thursday night arrest of 20-year-old Jordan Clay as the other suspect in the incident.

Harrison said Clay and Manuel had an ongoing dispute and just happened to run into each other early Sunday on Bourbon Street.

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10:50 a.m.

New Orleans police say one of two men involved in a French Quarter shootout has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge in the death of a 25-year-old man and the wounding of nine others.

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison told a news conference Friday that 20-year-old Jordan Clay was arrested Thursday night in connection with the death of Demontris Toliver, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

It wasn’t immediately known if Clay had a lawyer.

Those wounded did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

Harrison said information gathered in the investigation led police to the Lafayette area of Louisiana, where the arrest took place. He didn’t give further details about the arrested man.

Harrison said Clay and the other shooting suspect, both from the Lafayette area, had an ongoing dispute, and just happened to run into each other early Sunday on Bourbon Street.

Police say the second suspect hasn’t t been identified and is still at large.

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8:27 a.m.

New Orleans police say a 20-year-old man has been charged for a shooting in the French Quarter that left one man dead and nine others wounded.

Police said in a news release Friday that Jordan Clay was arrested on a second-degree-murder warrant.

Details of his arrest were not immediately available.

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said none of the victims was an intended target when two men began arguing and shooting early Sunday on Bourbon Street.

Harrison says the man killed was 25-year-old Demontris Toliver. He said those wounded did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

Police say the second suspect, who has not been identified, is still at large.

Authorities planned a news conference to announce details later Friday morning.

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