NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a block party and music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday evening violence, police said. Police spokesman Tyler Gamble says police were on their way to break up a big crowd when gunfire... (Associated Press) 
 
 Officials remove a man from the scene following a shooting in New Orleans' 9th Ward on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. Police spokesman Tyler Gamble says police were on their way to break up a big crowd when gunfire... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police were on their way to break up a big crowd at Bunny Friend Playground when gunfire erupted at the park in the city's 9th Ward, the police said in a statement Sunday. EMS transported 10 victims to area hospitals, and another six arrived at emergency rooms through private conveyance. Photos of the scene showed emergency workers wheeling some of the wounded to ambulances on gurneys while other people who appeared to be in pain lay on the ground. Joseph Jordan was inside a house across the street from the park with his friend, who gave her first name as Raven, when they heard gunshots. Later someone called Raven and told her that her niece had been shot. The two rushed to the hospital to check on the 14-year-old, who had been shot three times in the leg. Speaking of the hospital, Jordan said: "It's still crowded back there." They said the gunfire continued inside the park as the man ran away. Investigators don't know what started the shooting, police spokesman Tyler Gamble said. NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble later confirmed that all victims are in stable condition. Witnesses told police that both groups left the park on foot immediately after the gunfire. Police earlier said the people were there for an impromptu music video but Gamble later told reporters that while a video was being filmed, the event was a primarily a block party. Speaking at the scene Sunday night, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said he believed multiple people had fired into the crowd of more than 300. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, speaking in a news conference aired on WWL-TV, called on people who were in the park to come forward with information. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crimestoppers at 822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP. "At the end of the day, it's really hard to police against a bunch of guys who decided to pull out guns and settle their disputes with 300 people in between them," Landrieu said. That's just not something you can tolerate in the city," Landrieu said. __ 
 
 This story has been corrected to show that the area where the shooting happened is Bunny Friend Playground, according to the New Orleans Police, not Bunny Friend Park.
– The "Bunny Friend Playground" might sound like one of the most harmless places on the planet, but it was the site of a shooting that left at least 16 people injured in New Orleans on Sunday evening. Police say hundreds of people were at the 9th Ward park for an unauthorized block party and music video shoot when two groups of people opened fire on each other, WDSU reports. A police spokesman says some of the injured suffered direct bullet wounds while others were grazed by bullets, the AP reports. He says all the victims are in stable condition and the cause of the incident is still unclear. Police say officers were already on their way to break up the party when the shooting began. Witnesses tell the New Orleans Times-Picayune that they saw a man with a machine gun flee the scene and gunfire continued as he made his getaway. No arrests have been made, and police have appealed for information, calling the incident a "classic case where we need citizen help." At a Sunday night press conference, Mayor Mitch Landrieu denounced the shootings and urged witnesses to come forward. "At the end of the day, it's really hard to police against a bunch of guys who decided to pull out guns and settle their disputes with 300 people in between them," he said, per the Times-Picayune. "It's not something you can tolerate in the city."