Nineteen wounded in shooting at New Orleans Mother's Day parade A dozen people are believed to have been shot at a parade in the southern US city of New Orleans. No deaths reported and many injuries were minor Two children among those hurt in the shooting Two different kinds of weapons used in shooting, police say GUNMEN opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighbourhood parade in New Orleans, wounding at least 19, including two children, police said. Police said that many of the 19 victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren't life-threatening. A news release said the wounded included two 10-year-olds. It also said two people were in surgery. Earlier, police said 12 people were shot and that three to four people were in hospital for surgery. No deaths have been reported. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas said several hundred people were watching the traditional second-line parade when shots rang out at the intersection of North Villere St and Frenchmen St in the city's 7th Ward. Police believe there were "maybe two different types of weapons," used in the incident, he added. Immediately after the shots were fired, our officers saw three people running away on Frenchmen toward Claiborne. New Orleans Police officers investigate the scene at the intersection of Frenchmen and N. Villere Streets in New Orleans after gunfire at a Mother's Day second-line parade.Picture: AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker "It appears that these two or three people just for a reason unknown to us, started shooting at, toward or in the crowd," Serpas said. It was over in just a couple seconds. Officers were interspersed among the hundreds of marchers. That's routine for what is known as a second-line parade, in which people dance down the street, often following behind a brass band. These loose processions can be impromptu or planned and are sometimes described as moving block parties. One of the wounded shot in New Orleans. Picture: Lauren McGaughey/ NOLA.com/ Twitter Police have vowed to make swift arrests. "I think what frustrates all of us is the selfishness of some people, and I think what frustrates all of us is that the great culture of this city sometimes stumbles a bit because of the selfish behaviour of some people," Serpas said. We can tell you without doubt that this police department will find these guys. We will find them, and we will bring them to custody and will make them pay for the crime they committed today. A witness describes hearing shooting at a New Orleans intersection where twelve people have been shot. Vision: 6WDSU.com A NOLA.com reporter was participating in the parade and says he heard six to seven shots, and saw at least two people wounded and three others fall. A University Hospital source earlier today told local broadcaster WWL-TV News that they are treating 11 people for gunshot wounds. The attack happened about 2pm United States Eastern Standard Time. A wounded bystander at the Mother's Day parade in New Orleans. Picture:Twitter/ NOLA.com FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism. "It's strictly an act of street violence in New Orleans," she said. The southern city has one of the highest violent crime rates in the U.S. The neighbourhood where the shooting happened was a mix of low-income and middle-class row houses, some boarded up. As of last year, the neighbourhood's population was about 60 per cent of its level before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. A week ago, three people were shot in the area and in February a 16-year-old girl was shot in both legs in the 7th war WDSU News in New Orleans has a short video report from the scene.